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Neal Hutcheson

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Neal Hutcheson

Neal Hutcheson is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker with a large body of work centered on heritage in transition. Hutcheson’s documentary "Mountain Talk" (2002) featured Popcorn Sutton among an ensemble of personalities from Western North Carolina; he subsequently produced two documentary features with Sutton --- the Emmy Award-winning "The Last One" (2009) and "Popcorn Sutton – A Hell of a Life" (2014). In THE MOONSHINER POPCORN SUTTON, Hutcheson draws on a wealth of firsthand source materials and interviews to tell the story of the man behind the myth.

Neal Hutcheson

Books by Neal Hutcheson

by Neal Hutcheson - Biography, Essays, Nonfiction

Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton was raised in a Southern Appalachian community steeped in tradition. He learned to make moonshine at an early age and continued to pursue the perfection of the craft throughout his life. At the same time, he honed a natural talent for performance and came to fill not only the role but the appearance of the master moonshiners he had known as a child. Ultimately appearing in documentaries, television shows and heritage events, he brought the traditional craft of a secret brotherhood into the light. Now remembered as a folk hero who would literally live free or die, THE MOONSHINER POPCORN SUTTON captures the true story of the man behind the myth in a celebration of craft, heritage and irrepressible character.