America ReFramed
Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek
When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed, a man returns to protect the community from urban sprawl, hurricanes, and man-made disaster.
Sweet Old Song
An extraordinary relationship between two African American artists who have been collaborating as musicians and visual artists since 1983.
- Series
- POV, True Stories
- Premiere Date
- July 30, 2002
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Series and Special Projects
Producer
Leah Mahan
Leah Mahan is a documentary director, producer, writer, and teacher. Her work was nominated by the DGA for Outstanding Directorial Achievement and aired on PBS’s POV. She served as a Fellow at the Sundance Documentary Editing and Story Lab, Sundance Stories of Change, and as a Research Fellow at the Center for Environmental Filmmaking.
- Other ITVS Films
- Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek
- Skin of Glass
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The Film
Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong has been performing for most of his 91 years, ever since his father carved his first fiddle from a wooden crate. At the film's center are the two great loves of Howard's life: his music, and artist Barbara Ward. Their two-decade romance is a creative partnership yielding new work and an outpouring of memories, defying our most basic assumptions about what it means to grow older.
