Jack Hemphill
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Silent Farm
By 1950, the Communist Party headquarters for both North and South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and part of Mississippi was located in Chapel Hill, even though communism was vigorously opposed by the University of North Carolina and by most of its students.
Patricia Basil, a clerk at the local bookstore, was swept away with the ideals and promises of communism. She became deeply involved in its spread throughout the South and eventually was hunted by the FBI. She was forced to leave Chapel Hill, and her family permanently banished her from returning to the family farm. As Patricia’s ideal world crumbled around her, she longed for the strength to abandon her naive dreams and find a way back home. Information gathered from the writings of FBI Agents, communist leaders, and historical documents were used to illustrate events and characters between 1946 and 1956. This story is a microcosm of that pivotal period in American history that has influenced our lives today. Click here for more information. The Ridge Walker
Set in the 1940’s at a time when the mountains of North Carolina still harbored remote and isolated communities, The Ridge Walker explores the human drama of sacrifice, forgiveness, spirituality, and motherhood.
With the nearest doctor over an hour away, people living along Stumpy Ridge have no access to healing except from Jess Shew, the last Celtic medicine woman east of the Smokies. When one of her patients dies, Jess takes the dead woman’s child as her own, to protect it from the woman’s estranged and dangerous boyfriend, Doug Helms. Doug Helms suspects Jess stole his son and spreads tales accusing her of witchcraft. The local sheriff threatens to take her child if she continues with, what he considers, her dangerous practice. The Ridge people are split between those who believe Doug’s stories about Jess, and those still loyal and dependent on her treatments and medication. Jess is torn between her lifelong dedication to healing the Stumpy Ridge People, and her growing love for her adopted child. Click here for more information. Redbriar
Set in the mountains of North Carolina, Redbriar is a tale of murder and betrayal, of lost relationships and redemption.
Stuart is an artist who has been accused of murdering his wife, Sarah. The crime has estranged him from his daughter, Tad, and the story leads us on a journey of discovery of a father’s undying love for his daughter who is facing impossible odds against her. Click here for more information. Exhibition of the 'Song Bo Paintings'
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