For more than 80 years, the Landis family has gathered at their family farm in Creedmoor, N.C. for a family reunion. The event is a testament to the strong sense of place and kinship within the family.
In 1985, the documentary A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle showcased the origins of the family through its matriarch Bertha Landis. With interviews from Bertha and other family , the documentary details how soil, songs and storytelling have kept the family together.
In 2015, the grandchildren of Bertha Landis released a sequel called A Singing Stream: Reunion.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Tom Davenport, director of the the Singing Stream series; Ken Daniel and Iverson Landis Jr. , grandsons of Bertha Landis and producers of A Singing Stream: Reunion, about the ways the Landis family's story is similar to others across North Carolina.
A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 15 and at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18 on UNC-TV. A Singing Stream: Reunion airs at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22 and at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 25 on UNC-TV.
