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  • Hello.

  • I'm David Hoffman, filmmaker, and you're about to see a scene from my first professional job.

  • 1965 outside of Asheville, North Carolina.

  • Filming mountain music I Loved Meant music, even though I was a kid from Long Island.

  • Used to hear it on late night radio and something about basketball once for an 82 year old man, a great collector of songs.

  • He just encouraged everybody to speak out, to play out, to dance out.

  • And this is a scene with this old man.

  • Clearly has bad arthritis.

  • But just watch the subtlety of basket talk him into playing.

  • It's It's just beautiful to me.

  • I loved being there.

  • I loved those Appalachian mountain people and the way they treated each other the respect for their artistry.

  • And I hope you enjoy this scene.

  • No, you don't.

  • You like anything?

  • No way, buddy.

  • Home about luck.

  • Uh, don't You got good.

  • That's not it.

  • You got it.

  • If that seemed touch you and you like to see more.

  • There are other clips from my film 1965 blue grass roots on my YouTube channel.

  • And if you'd like to support me, I'm www dot patri on dot com forward slash all in a day, and I sure could use your support.

  • So I have the time to create more of these clips from my old documentary films.

  • Thank you.

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