Sermons in Wood
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Shows Elijah Pierce, a Mississippi-born folk woodcarver and barber, as he talks about his work and his life as he has remembered them in his carvings. Notable scenes include his father's tales of slavery, his own near-lynching, and his religious conversion. Also tells his own versions of Bible stories which he has portrayed in wood
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