I'm David Hoffman, filmmaker, and you're about to see a scene from my first professional job.

1965 outside of Asheville, North Carolina.

Filming mountain music I Loved Meant music, even though I was a kid from Long Island.

Used to hear it on late night radio and something about basketball once for an 82 year old man, a great collector of songs.

He just encouraged everybody to speak out, to play out, to dance out.

And this is a scene with this old man.

Clearly has bad arthritis.

But just watch the subtlety of basket talk him into playing.

It's It's just beautiful to me.

I loved being there.

I loved those Appalachian mountain people and the way they treated each other the respect for their artistry.

And I hope you enjoy this scene.

No, you don't.

You like anything?

No way, buddy.

Home about luck.

Uh, don't You got good.

That's not it.

You got it.

If that seemed touch you and you like to see more.

There are other clips from my film 1965 blue grass roots on my YouTube channel.

And if you'd like to support me, I'm www dot patri on dot com forward slash all in a day, and I sure could use your support.

So I have the time to create more of these clips from my old documentary films.

Thank you.