11-13-15
(Helen)- A new documentary based on the Foxfire book, Memories of a Mountain Shortline — A History of the Tallulah Falls Railroad, will premiere at Rabun Gap- Nacoochee School’s Rearden Theater Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. This 54 minute documentary, dedicated to the late Dess Oliver, long-time industrial arts teacher at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, 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, White County residents David Greear and Emory Jones used the voices, faces and art of the people who know this railroad and the surrounding area best.
Brian Boyd, Director of Communications for Tallulah Falls School, local historian, author, and one of the documentary’s narrators said, “The scope of this reaches far beyond just the railroad, 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. He said, 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. The documentary DVD will be available for sale at the premier and in numerous retail stores throughout Northeast Georgia in time for Christmas.
