Next Television Broadcast of Bin Yah
July 2, 2008
Bin Yah premiere - Tonight on ETV
June 12, 2008
How can we not be excited? Our new documentary, the labor of love, the one we made for nothing more than the need to capture it and will to do it, made it to PBS/ETV.
Making a film is a long process. This full-length feature documentary, Bin Yah, from concept to television, took 2 years. And this is really just the beginning. Bin Yah will have an entire life ahead of it, an entire future to navigate, releasing it audiences in a multitude of ways - educating, inspiring, working.
Those of you who have watched the film - we would love your feedback. Please send your thoughts to ChasDOC@gmail.com.
And please buy the DVD - support the future of important, truthful storytelling from the Carolina Lowcountry.
Thank you!
-justin
VIDEO - Sweetgrass Basket Sculpture Unveiling & Dedication to Gullah - Geechee Culture
May 10, 2008
“Winnowing Hands” Dedication and Unveiling
May 10, 2008
Click to Play Video - Sweetgrass Basket Sculpture Unveiling & Dedication to Gullah Culture
Octavia Mitchell from WCBD and Thomasena Stokes-Marshall, Mount Pleasant Town Council Member and President of the Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association welcomed and presented “Winnowing Hands”, a beautiful, big bronze sculpture in the Oakland Plantation Shopping Center in Mount Pleasant, SC.
Almost 3 years of planning went into this dream, honoring sweetgrass weaving heritage and Gullah - Geechee culture.
More than 150 people joined Mayor Harry H. Hallman, Congressman and super delegate James E. Clyburn, NPS Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor Coordinator Michael Allen and others as Tex Small unveiled the sculpture. Winnowing Hands was created by sculptor Shirley McWorter-Moss, who was on hand and shared some nice words.