1990 Roy's Folks: On the Coast

In 1990, Roy Ackland and producer David Weatherly traveled up and the down the Carolina coast to see some beautiful places and find some of 'Roy's Folks'. In Beaufort, SC learn the history of the Gullah language with Dr. Rosalee Pazant. On Lady's Island, SC meet Ruben Fripp a traditional net maker. See beautiful basket weaving with Elizabeth Mazyck in Mt. Pleasant, SC. In Francis Marion Forest, SC they found 'Fast Man' and Oscar Seigler, Alabama muleskinner's cleaning up after a hurricane and learned how to help the endangered Red Cockaded Woodpecker with wildlife biologists Tim Milling and Eddie Taylor. In Beaufort, NC we see the diminishing job of bridge tender with Jimmy Pittman at the Core Creek Bridge. Catch a ferryboat with Captain Carlton O'Neil across the Pamlico Sound and learn about the 'High Tider' accent with Harker's Island native, Julian Guthrie, Ocracoke native Carlton O'Neil and Nags Head native Lou Tillit.