actually, an NC story here…
Asheville, NC…
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semi-rural in the hills, close to state/national parks.
very liberal, organic, hippie-in-them-hills kinda place.
i lived in a small co-op housing community when i visited, when i was crewing for a film location shot. beautiful people, very friendly. most were transplants from elsewhere, usually colder climes – portland, eugene, wisconsin, maine etc. they had this lovely artsy community in the middle of THE SOUTH…
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then i remember the actual shoot, which included a lynching scene. we came out that morning to this field outside of town and over the morning something really unsettling happenned. a whole crowd of people began to gather at the edge of the lot – some came with the extras who were part of the scene. when the dummy was hauled up on the tree, you’d hear this loud cheering from the crowd! This was in the late 90’s…
