Southern Stews: A Taste of the South (2002)

This documentary explores the folk cooking traditions of the American South, focusing on communal cooking in large black iron pots stirred with wooden paddles. These traditions, maintained today by "stewmasters" and their crews, connect Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina. With wit and humor, the film reveals how these ancestral stews reflect the blended history of European, African, Native American, and settler influences, all within a single-pot meal.