Foxfire (1996 film)

FOXFIRE -1977

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For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / info@historicfilms.com) FOXFIRE: PLANT COMMON TO MOUNTAINS OF GEORGIA. TREES HEAVY WITH FOXFIRE FLOWERS. FOXFIRE IS ALSO NAME OF MAGAZINE, WRITTEN BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. CU FEMALE STUDENT FILES COPIES OF MAGAZINE ON SHELVES. 00:47:33 SIGN ON CAMPUS, "RABUN GAP NACOOCHEE SCHOOL", A SCHOOL IN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS, WHERE TEACHER ELLIOT WIGGINGTON STARTED MAGAZINE, WHEN HE ASKED HIS STUDENTS TO INTERVIEW PARENTS ABOUT BY-GONE ERA. MALE FEMALE STUDENTS SIT ON LAWN, CHAT. 00:48:13 STUDENTS GATHER AROUND KENNY RUNYAN AN OLD MAN WHO LIVED IN THESE MOUNTAINS ALL HIS LIFE, TELLS THEM STORIES, SHOWS THEM HOW TO DO CERTAIN HANDICRAFTS FAMILIAR TO THE AREA. CU FEMALE STUDENT TAKES PHOTO. 00:48:43 YOUNG MALE TEACHER IN JOURNALISM CLASS DISCUSS FOXFIRE ANNUAL REPORT. HE DISTRIBUTES COPIES OF REPORT. WHEN STARTED, TEACHER, STUDENTS, COLLECTED $450, PRINTED 650 OF FIRST FOXFIRE MAGAZINES, SOLD THEM IN A WEEK. SIX YEARS LATER, FIRST FOXFIRE ANTHOLOGY SOLD OVER A MILLION COPIES. 00:49:35 STUDENTS SIT AROUND ON PORCH OF HOUSE, LISTEN TO WATCH, OLD MAN RUNYAN, TAKE PHOTOS, USE TAPE RECORDER, AS HE MAKES HOME-MADE PUZZLES, WHICH ARE AS INTRIGUING AS HIS INSTRUCTION FOR WELL-DIGGING. STUDENT DRAWS, WOOD AND ROPE PUZZLES ON PAPER, FOR USE IN MAGAZINE. 00:50:04 GIRL STUDENT PLAYS BACK INTERVIEW ON TAPE, WRITES IT ON PAPER. STUDENTS PAY THE BILLS ANSWER 14,000 LETTERS A YEAR, DIRECT CIRCULATION FOR 10,000 SUBSCRIBERS THROUGHOUT WORLD. 00:50:20 PHOTOS OF HOMES, LOG CABINS SET IN WOODED AREAS, HANG ON WALLS. STUDENTS WORK TO RESTORE ABANDONED LOG CABIN, IN VILLAGE WHICH IS BEING BUILT TO EXPAND OPERATION OF MAGAZINE. CU STUDENT USES TECHNIQUES, TOOLS OF HIS FOREBEARERS. 00:50:53 STUDENTS SIT ON PORCH OF LOG CABIN, PLAN VILLAGE WHICH WILL HOUSE, MAGAZINE, RECORDING STUDIO, ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER. 00:52:12 CU STUDENT WITH HEAVY AFRO HAIRCUT BUILDS REPLICA OF KENTUCKY LONG RIFLE IN CARPENTRY CLASS. TAPED INTERVIEWS WITH OLD TIMERS ARE CHECKED ON TELEVISION SCREEN BEFORE SHOWING IT TO COMMUNITY.