Historically, hog butchering was accomplished in chilly climate so the meat wouldn’t spoil. That’s why the Eddie Mae Herrin Center in Pocahontas, Arkansas, holds its annual hog-butchering occasion in February, when this movie was made.
By the years, communities and households butchered hogs to get by means of the lengthy winter. The nippiness is sort of a distinction to the July warmth of Washington, D.C., when the Smithsonian welcomed the movie’s principal contributors, Pat Johnson and Josh Jansen to the Smithsonian Folklife Competition to current the custom and strategies of hog butchering to the general public. Their friendship reveals that communities are solely made stronger when folks discuss to each other and when everybody takes an element.
Producers: Charlie Weber, Albert Tong, Kathy Phung
Route and Filming: Charlie Weber, Albert Tong
Editor: Charlie Weber
Assistant Editor: Jacob Weber
Graphics: Mykal Bailey, Elisa Hough
Music: The Creek Rocks; Rachel Reynolds; St. Louis Metro Choir, Church of Christ
Particular Thanks: Jessie Ballard,
Sherman Ballard,
Raul Blasini,
Mary Clark,
Mack Hackworth,
Josh Jansen,
Pat Johnson,
Willie McCarroll,
Margaret McCarroll,
Kaitlyn McConnell,
Tom Peters, Cindy Robinett,
Curtis Shepherd,
Lauren Willette,
Jan Ziegler,
Ken Ziegler