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Southern Storytellers

Episode 1

Southern creators of literature, music and film explore deep ties with the South: Billy Bob Thornton reflects on a life of writing songs and screenplays; Adia Victoria celebrates music and marriage near Nashville; David Joy laments the loss of the Appalachian culture he loves; Jericho Brown reveals the South to be essential to his creativity; and Mary Steenburgen remembers her Arkansas childhood.

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Episode 3

The series continues as Southern creators take us home to the places that define them.

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Episode 2

Six of the South’s native creators take us home to the places that define their work.

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