the last one

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This past Saturday was a big night for North Carolina filmmaker Neal Hutcheson! At the 35th Southeast Regional Emmy Awards held in Atlanta, Georgia, Hutcheson’s documentary The Last One – in which he chronicled Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton’s fine art of moonshining – won the Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for “Outstanding Achievement in Television Programming Excellence”.

If you’ve been reading this blog for the past few months then you already know that Popcorn Sutton took his own life in March, just days before he was to report to prison following a series of events that began with a raid on one of his stills last year…

“Popcorn’s death underscores the cultural preservation value of films like The Last One,” Hutcheson said. “A fact that I doubt escaped the Emmy selection committee.”

I have a copy of The Last One on DVD and y’all wouldn’t ...

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Neal Hutcheson’s new and already extremely popular documentary The Last One, about legendary moonshiner Popcorn Sutton (who passed away earlier this week) making what at the time was said to be his final batch of “likker”, will be shown tonight at 8 p.m. on The Documentary Channel.

Then tomorrow night at 9 p.m., UNC TV (the PBS network here in North Carolina) will also be broadcasting The Last One.

If you have not had the pleasure yet, I heartily recommend catching The Last One however you can. Neal sent over a DVD of it a few months ago and ever since then it has been making the rounds among friends and relatives. Everyone has said that it’s an absolute hoot to watch! Now because of the sad events of this past week, it is also a fitting memorial to an American original character....

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