Carolina Stories

Pirates of the Carolinas

For the pirates who once wreaked havoc on our shores are returning to ETV's airwaves, and they are coming for you.

"Carolina Stories: Pirates of the Carolinas," digs up the true tales of treachery and villainy that occurred off the coasts of North and South Carolina during the Golden Age of Piracy. The hour-long documentary airs on the 289th anniversary of the death of the most infamous marauder of them all, Blackbeard.

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Thursday - July 10, 2008 at 9:00 pm (Repeat)
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Restaging Martha Graham’s “SKETCHES from ‘CHRONICLE’”

Behind-the-scenes look at the dancer’s creative development as they struggle to bring this work to life.

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Thursday - July 17, 2008 at 9:30 pm
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Pee Wee

This hour-long documentary delves into the mysteries behind the most notorious criminal in South Carolina’s history, Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins.

Fifteen years ago last month, Gaskins was executed in an electric chair by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. This was the end to a life that was filled with extreme violence.

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Thursday - July 24, 2008 at 9:30 pm (Repeat)
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Saving Sandy Island

Early every weekday morning, a fleet of small motorboats launches from the Mount Arena landing on Sandy Island, taking residents to work along South Carolina’s Grand Strand. The children board the school boat, the Prince Washington, for the daily trip to mainland schools. However, residents do not seem to mind that there are no roads on or off the island. In fact, they fought to keep it this way.

The program takes a multi-faceted look at the sensitive issue of environmental development along this stretch of South Carolina’s coastline.

Betsy Newman and Gaines Halford with camera.A year in the making, this program explores thecomplex issues surrounding the threat of development to Sandy Island, the residents and the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. Perspectives from all the main players in the debate – from the residents who are descended from freed slaves, to the environmentalists, to the developers themselves – are offered during this unflinching look.

This program premiered on Carolina Stories in February 2006 and won a 2006 Telly Award. Saving Sandy Island was selected for official screening at the Charleston Documentary Festival in October 2006

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Thursday - July 31, 2008 at 9:00 pm (Repeat)
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Jolly is the story of Anderson County legend and Confederate soldier Manse Jolly.

South Carolina lore recounts how Jolly purportedly killed as many as 100 Union soldiers in post-Civil War Anderson, SC. Allegedly, his hatred of Yankees and the deaths of his five brothers during the war sparked this killing spree.

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Thursday - July 03, 2008 at 9:30 pm (Repeat)
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DOWN (but not out) follows one man’s daily routine as he survives on the streets of Columbia, South Carolina. From the shelter to the temp labor services to the soup kitchens, Eric “Protein” Moseley takes the viewer on a journey through his world, encountering anger, desperation and hope in one brief breath. The documentary is an ongoing conversation with the streets. The participants in this dialogue are prophets, poets, preachers, and musicians. Many of them are drug addicts, criminals or mentally ill. All of them are either homeless or work directly with the homeless.

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Thursday - June 26, 2008 at 9:00 pm (Repeat)
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Carolina Stories travels to the Beaufort Lowcountry and beyond for In This Sacred Place, a documentary that takes a look at the sanctuaries and sites of cultural and historical significance in that part of the state.  The program also examines the traditions that make these sites relevant, even today. 

In This Sacred Place is an exploration of the spiritual journeys that have shaped our cultural heritage.  From Beaufort’s Beth Israel Synagogue to the Pon Pon Chapel of Ease in Jacksonboro, the program transports viewers into places of worship that are as rich and diverse as the congregations they serve.

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Thursday - June 19, 2008 at 9:30 pm (Repeat)
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This show tells the story of the Penn Center's inception as a school for freed slaves to its involvement in the Gullah community today.

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Thursday - June 12, 2008 at 9:30 pm
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