Sermons in Wood

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Center for Southern Folklore

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: 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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