A Portrait of the Ozarks Part I - Shannon County: Home

A documentary sequel about Shannon County 40 years later is underway, but we need your help.

Support the production of this documentary by making a donation to the Missouri State University Foundation: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1691/foundation/interior.aspx?sid=1691&gid=2&pgid=1393&cid=2518&dids=2132&bledit=1

This project is a partnership between the Ozarks Studies Institute, an initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries; the Missouri State University Department of Media, Journalism & Film; and Carbon Trace Productions. https://www.facebook.com/OzarksDocumentary

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The first of two 1981 documentaries ("Shannon County: Home" and "Shannon County: Hearts of the Children") composed of footage shot in Shannon County, Missouri, in 1978 and 1979.

Topics include a funeral, fox hunting with dogs, farming, building a brush arbor for a Pentecostal church service, gig fishing, skidding logs, mules, railroad tie hacking, political campaigning, education, square dancing, distilling whiskey, dogs, the town of Eminence, Shannon County's court system, fiddle and guitar music, Memorial Day, deer hunting and butchering, and trading.

Original film located in Special Collections, Meyer Library, Missouri State University. For more information on the Shannon County Film Digitization Project: http://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/shannon/scfindingaid

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