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Southern Storytellers

Celebrate Southern identity through the eyes of contemporary creators of literature, music, film, and television, including authors Jesmyn Ward, Michael Twitty, Angie Thomas, and David Joy; poets Jericho Brown and Natasha Trethewey; songwriters Jason Isbell, Lyle Lovett, Tarriona “Tank” Ball, Adia Victoria, Amanda Shires, Thao Nguyen, and Justin Moore; songwriter/screenwriter/actor Billy Bob Thornton; songwriter/actress Mary Steenburgen; and screenwriters Qui Nguyen and Michael Waldron in three one-hour-long episodes.

• Episode 1: Five noted creators of literature, music and film reveal deep ties to the American South.
• Episode 2: Six of the South’s native creators take us home to the places that define their work.
• Episode 3: Southern creators take us home to the places that define them.

Celebrating Our Southern Storytellers

Through the lenses of very different professions, these four wonderful storytellers add to Kentucky’s great storytelling tradition.

Jon Cherry
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Dr. A. Gwynn Henderson
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Silas House
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Chef Lawrence Weeks
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Southern Sounds

In addition to the three-part broadcast series, Southern Storytellers includes a six-part series of 10-minute episodes on PBS Digital Studios – Southern Sounds – that explores the powerful role of place in the lyrics of Southern songwriters.