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Sprout Wings and Fly

Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-old Tommy Jarrell of Toast, NC. Tommy was quirky, gregarious and generous, and this film shows him at his best, in fine fiddling form.

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The World Made Straight

Duration: 1 h 59 m | 2015

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Similar Movies:

The Last Sin Eater

The Keeper

Loggerheads

White Lightnin'

My Great Great Great Uncle Built Churches

Meadow Bridge

Lawless

Down in Number 5

Crick in the Holler

Appalachian Dog

Mountain Justice

Moving Mountains

Hillbilly Elegy

A Walk in the Woods

Tradition

Appalachian Journey

Harp Brothers

Stranger with a Camera

The Descent

Sprout Wings and Fly