ALA Notable Children’s Film, ALA Selected Film For Young Adults, EMMY- Best Int’l Special, Golden Athena award

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A timeless, period-setting story, in live action, revolving around a traveling preacher by the name of Dry Frye, whose love of a good home-cooked chicken dinner brought an entire community to repent the wrong in their ways.

Early Appalachian communities developed a strong oral tradition. From this sprang many folktales that combine core values with bodacious humor. Old Dry Frye is one of the classics still recounted at storytelling festivals today.

A must! Old Dry Frye will help viewers develop an appreciation of folktales as a literary genre and a love for the oral tradition. Academics will also benefit as a study of the short story and regional literature, as well as an excellent production for film studies students.