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MUTZMAG, An Appalachian Folktale,
Davenport, Tom ~~~ $62.00 VHS - NO LONG CARRY 53 minute live action video and teacher guide. 1992. Upper elementary, middle school, high school. A North Carolina story—a North Carolina cast—a North Carolina film shot in Madison County, NC. 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 gullible half-sisters from two backwoods ogres. This exciting story is an Appalachian trickster tale, but with a resourceful heroine instead of a hero. There are some scary scenes in the film that will delight older children, teenagers, and adults. Curriculum Applications: 4th & 8th Grade Social Studies - Appalachia; 4th-8th Grade Language Arts - fairy tales and adaptations |
