The Folklore Project


Charlotte, North Carolina 

Ronnie Ward: Brewton, Alabama

A Film by Hamilton Y. Ward


Hamilton Young Ward is a photographer and videographer based in Charlotte. He has been working on a series of experimental films that illustrate folk tales his father told him over the years. Ward says this film is a “narrated recollection about the loss of an infant brother to a tragic farming accident and the spiritual mark that accident left on the land and on the family.

This film is an experimental exploration of Southern folklore using burned found footage.”

 
 
 
Ronnie Ward - Brewton, AL is a narrated recollection about the loss of an infant brother to a tragic farming accident and the spiritual mark that accident left on the land and on the family. This film is an experimental exploration of Southern folklore using burnt found footage. It was shown at the Visions6 Film Festival where it was awarded excellence in experimental film.