SOUTH episode preview
Preview: Season 18 Episode 2 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
SOUTH explores craft artists who are building an inclusive and hopeful future.
From elaborate costumes of New Orleans masking societies to mosaic stained glass in Miami and the vibrant artist community rebuilding after Hurricane Helene, the episode demonstrates the resilience and creativity of the American South. Featuring Ato Ribeiro, the Osceola-Zepeda family, Vicki Essig, Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, Shaka Zulu (Golden Feather Hunters), Edward Buckner (Red Flame Hunters)
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SOUTH episode preview
Preview: Season 18 Episode 2 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
From elaborate costumes of New Orleans masking societies to mosaic stained glass in Miami and the vibrant artist community rebuilding after Hurricane Helene, the episode demonstrates the resilience and creativity of the American South. Featuring Ato Ribeiro, the Osceola-Zepeda family, Vicki Essig, Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, Shaka Zulu (Golden Feather Hunters), Edward Buckner (Red Flame Hunters)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMy family are all members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
Making objects is something that we're just born into.
It's part of your natural learning process.
♫ I've built patterns using symbols I grew up seeing in West Africa.
It is resisting the boxes that Western culture is just putting us all into.
♫ I raise about 500 of these silkworms every year.
They will spin the pattern that I designed to make a silk garment.
The silk worms do all of the sewing for me.
♪ Right at morning when the sun comes up ♪ I am a cultural practitioner in the Black Masking Indian societies in New Orleans.
It takes a year to put together a suit.
It's not just a costume.
It's a spiritual thing.
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