DEMOREST - A new documentary based on the Foxfire book, “Memories of a Mountain Shortline—A History of the Tallulah Falls Railroad,” will be shown at the Swanson Center on the campus of Piedmont College at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 19.
This 57-minute documentary is a combination of video and still images featuring the art, voices, and on-camera appearances of 18 prominent northeast Georgians. Instead of a single narrator, co-producers, David Greear and Emory Jones used the voices, faces and art of the people who know this railroad and the surrounding area best.
“That decision made this a community project, with lots of local involvement and support, which I think is wonderful,”says Brian Boyd, Director of Communications for Tallulah Falls School, local historian, author, and one of the documentary’s narrators.
“The scope of this reaches far beyond just the railroad,” says Boyd. “It also includes tales of Tallulah Falls, Clayton and goes into the building of the dams that created Lake Burton and Lake Rabun and the development of Tallulah Gorge State Park. David Greer and Emory Jones have done a wonderful job weaving a great collection of rare historical images, vintage film clips, and colorful interviews with local experts into this production, making it something every person who loves this area will want to own and watch time and again.”
The DVD will be available for sale at the showing for $19.95. Underwriting for the project was provided by The Northeast Georgia History Center, Burton-Rabun Real Estate Company, and Piedmont College. The Swanson Center is located at 365 College Drive, Demorest.
The screening will be open to the public at no charge.
