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Archival processing of the Terry W. Rushin Documentary on A. R. Cole was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Size | 2 items |
Abstract | The Terry W. Rushin Collection contains a documentary film made by Terry W. Rushin while he was a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The short film, titled A. R. Cole, Potter, documents the artistic practice and pottery shop of Arthur Ray "A. R." Cole, whose family has worked in the ceramic arts for more than three generations. The film is shot entirely on location at A. R. Cole's pottery shop in Sanford, N.C., while the non-synchronous soundtrack consists of audiotaped interviews with A. R. Cole and his daughters, Celia and Neolia. The collection contains a 16mm moving image print of the film, as well as a digitized version with added title cards and countdown. |
Creator | Rushin, Terry W. (Terry Wayne), 1945-2012. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Asia Harman and Anne Wells, July 2018
Encoded by: Anne Wells, July 2018
Updated by: Anne Wells, July 2021
Archival processing of the Terry W. Rushin Documentary on A. R. Cole was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Terry Wayne Rushin (1945-2012) was born in Greensboro, N.C. He graduated from Walter M. Williams High School in Burlington, N.C. and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he took film courses under Professor Earl Wynn in the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures (RTVMP). Rushin later made a home in Chickasha, Okla., and traveled the world as an oil rig engineer.
Back to TopThe Terry W. Rushin Collection contains a documentary film made by Terry W. Rushin while he was a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The twenty-five minute film, titled A. R. Cole, Potter, documents the artistic practice and pottery shop of Arthur Ray "A. R." Cole, whose family has worked in the ceramic arts for more than three generations. The film is shot entirely at A. R. Cole's pottery shop in Sanford, N.C. (Lee County, N.C.), and includes footage of A. R. Cole grinding clay and throwing a pot on the wheel, as well as scenes of A. R. Cole's daughters, Celia and Neolia, storing and preparing pottery orders. The non-synchronous soundtrack of the film consists of audiotaped interviews with A. R. Cole and his daughters, who discuss the family's long history with the ceramic arts, A. R. Cole's use of natural, or raw materials, and the evolving business of the pottery shop. The final scene of the film contains an anti-Semitic slur made by A. R. Cole. The collection contains a 16mm moving image print of the film, as well as a digitized version with added title cards and countdown.
Back to TopFilm F-20402/1 |
A. R. Cole, Potter, 196916mm moving image film 800 ft. (25 minutes) positive ; black and white ; sound (optical) |
Digital Folder DF-20402/1 |
A. R. Cole, Potter, 1969Digitized version of F-20402/1 with added title cards and countdown. Digital Folder includes original DVD files and an access copy. Processing information: The digital files were extracted from DVD-R. Original DVD files are dated October 2005. An access .mp4 file was made from the DVD files in August 2018 for viewing purposes. |