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August 25, 2021
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October 15-16, 2021
2021 Southern Foodways Symposium ⟶
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August 25, 2021
Gravy podcast begins Alabama Black Belt episodes
October 15-16, 2021
2021 Southern Foodways Symposium ⟶

Films

The SFA’s films celebrate the people and places who enrich the landscape of Southern food and culture.

Film

Portrait of a Bartender

By Joe York

The tale of Martin Sawyer, bartender at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel in New Orleans. Mr. Sawyer, a veteran of more than six decades of tending bar, witnessed the flood of 1927 and survived Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Sawyer was the winner of the SFA’s 2005 Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Award.

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