Far Off Sounds Ep 12 - Hollerin'
Far Off Sounds (series)
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8m 19s
Directed by Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman and Nick George • Documentary • 2018 • 8 minutes
First held in 1969 in Spivey’s Corner, North Carolina, the annual National Hollerin’ Contest is a daylong celebration of Southern cultural heritage and preservation of an archaic means of long distance communication. Originally a method of delivering messages to workers out in the fields, contestants project their loudest, most entertaining vocal exclamations out into the audience to be judged accordingly. The result is a confounding mix of sophisticated vocal technique and wildly free outbursts.
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