Sprout Wings and Fly(1983)

movie - first aired/released 1983-10-01 - 30 min - audience 6.1

Documentary, Music

Directed by Alice Gerrard, Cece Conway, Les Blank

Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-old Tommy Jarrell of Toast, NC. Tommy was quirky, gregarious and generous, and this film shows him at his best, in fine fiddling form.