Set in the rural South in the early years of World War II, Ashpet is a humorously touching version of Cinderella, the world's most popular folktale. A resourceful and beautiful girl (Ashpet) is the...
When a poor Depression-era mountain father and stepmother can no longer afford to feed their children, Hansel and Gretel, they walk them into the woods and "lose" them. Banjo tunes serenade the...
Set deep in the Appalachian mountains around 1920, this American folktale is about a plucky young girl named Mutzmag. In a series of hair-raising and comical adventures, Mutzmag saves her two gullible...
Set in the turn-of-the-century America, this timeless blending of fantasy and reality shows a young girl's struggle for independence. Imprisoned in a tall wooden tower by a witch, Rapunzel allows a...
Adapted from an Appalachian Jack Tale set in the late 1940s, this tale follows a World War II veteran named Jack who, in return for an act of kindness, receives two magical gifts: a sack that can catch...
Does it really work?" says Willa (Snow-white) as she watches Chief Tonka, the red-headed "Chief of the Pootiepows" mix his magic formula for the "elixir of life." "It can do lots of things," says the...
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