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Henderson County (Oct 11, 2021) - David Weintraub, the Hendersonville-based filmmaker of more than 40 documentary films, has signed a deal with PBS to distribute four of his feature length films to public television stations around the country. ....
“A Special Evening with Dom Flemons” is a fundraiser for the Center’s forthcoming film on Appalachian moonshine history. Flemons’s stellar career includes multiple Grammy and Emmy nominations as well as being featured in the Center’s award-winning PBS film on the history of Appalachian mountain music, “A Great American Tapestry.” “I think old time music is always appealing in the way that it’s deceptively simpler than other types of music,” Flemons says. “So it’s really accessible and easy. And the stories are mostly about the human condition.” “Dom is not only a gifted multi-instrumental performer,” said David Weintraub, director of the Center for Cultural Preservation. “He does his own research on traditional music and the talented African-American forefathers and foremothers that were the bedrock of old-time music in this country. He not only performs their musical jewels but he personifies them through his performances, touchi ....
Moonshining culture: Grammy-winner Dom Flemons to livestream concert for film project Beth Beasley, Times-News correspondent A livestreamed performance March 25 from Grammy Award-winning musician Dom Flemons will help fund the latest film project from the Center for Cultural Preservation, titled “Moonshining in the Mountains.” A co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Flemons is a self-proclaimed American songster who’s dedicated to sharing the history behind American music. “Dom is not only a gifted multi-instrumental performer, he also does his own research on traditional music and the talented African-American forefathers and foremothers that were the bedrock of old time music in this country,” says David Weintraub, executive director of the Center for Cultural Preservation. ....