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We Are the Promised Land

We Are the Promised Land

著者: Annette Hollowell and free feral
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Nestled upon 80 acres in the Mississippi Hill Country is a little family business called Foxfire Ranch. Keeping with the local traditions of Sunday night juke joints, the Hollowells have hosted Blues shows at Foxfire for nearly two decades; the land, however, has been in their family for more than a hundred years. For the last decade, Annette has been collaborating with her parents, Bill and Annie, to turn their homey family event venue into a destination for artists and organizers throughout the South and beyond. She knows her vision requires a great deal of collaboration not only with her living community, but with her ancestors, and her descendants as well.

We Are the Promised Land is a multimedia altar to Black land legacies in the Mississippi Hill Country that centers the Hollowell family and their land, Foxfire Ranch. With all the Black land loss stories in Mississippi, we look into how the Hollowell family has kept their land for over a century, and what it has cost them. Producer, free feral, rides shotgun with Annette as she sifts through a hundred years of her family’s labor on the land to inform the foundations she lays for her descendants in the next century. Together they explore how music, food, and other Sunday customs have kept Black communities in North Mississippi going strong for generations, and ask:

What echoes of our ancestors suggest that we are their afterlife?

How do we create the afterlife they deserve?

We Are the Promised Land will serve up fresh offerings throughout Spring 2026. To experience the full altar, which includes photography, video, poetry and more please visit wearethepromisedland.net

We Are the Promised Land is produced by free feral, in collaboration with Annette Hollowell. Sound design for our audio altar was created by muthi reed and Cedric Wilson; Cedric also mixed each piece. Our virtual altar was brought to life by Alleyha Dannett of Ancient Future Fourest, with photographs by Jasmine B. Johnson and Jai Williams. Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Mississippi Presenters’ Network, and to the Association for Cultural Equity.

We Are the Promised Land is made possible by generous support from the National Performance Network, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carpetbag Theater, The National Black Food and Justice Alliance, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, The Panta Rhea Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Alternate Roots, The Big We Foundation, The Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and with financial assistance from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance.

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  • Episode 4: What We Had on Hand
    2026/06/15

    EP 4: What We Had On Hand

    Annie and Annette follow their maternal line to cotton on to how their family has conjured abundance from what they had on hand.

    music

    Father I Stretch My Hand to Thee performed by Autreniece and Teena

    Ease My Troubling Mind traditional arr. by free feral

    poke salat, pluggin’ along, & change is a foot by free feral

    If It Wasn’t For the Lord performed by Annie and Connie

    Matter of Fact by free feral

    Well Well traditional arr. by free feral

    Sweet Ride by free feral

    Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve sSeen traditional arr. by free feral

    Walk With Me Lord performed by Autreniece Folsom and Annie Hollowell

    Let Jesus Lead You performed by Autreniece and Teena

    I Done Got Over performed by Autreniece and Teena

    deep down free feral

    For sources as well as poems, photographs, and more visit our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net

    This episode features Annie and Annette Hollowell, Autreniece Folsom, Corine Taylor, Gert McGee, Bessie Pegues, and Mattie Moore. Special thanks to Cory Diane for the tape sync.

    Sound design by Cedric Wilson who also mixed the episode. Our Virtual Altar was brought to life by Alleyha Dannett of Ancient Future Fourest with photography by Jasmine B. Johnson and Jai Williams. Our house historian is Rhondalyn Peairs.

    We Are the Promised Land is produced by free feral, in collaboration with Annette Hollowell. Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Mississippi Presenters’ Network, and to the Association for Cultural Equity.

    We Are the Promised Land is made possible by generous support from the National Performance Network, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carpetbag Theater, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, The Panta Rhea Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Alternate Roots, The Big We Foundation, The Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with financial assistance from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance.

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  • Episode 3: A Contract and a Memory of the Blood
    2026/05/31

    Bill and Annette take stock of some sacrifices they’ve made to develop the land and negotiate a new approach.

    Music

    Lord Have Mercy On Me by Mississippi Fred McDowell courtesy of The Association for Cultural Equity

    Turner and Hooch, Waves and Depths, Regrets, You Can’t Help Who You Love, Moving On, Change is a Foot, Distillery, Miner Changes by free feral

    For sound design sources as well as poems, photographs, and more visit our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net

    Today’s Episode features Bill, Annie and Annette Hollowell, and Baba Femi with special appearances by Al, Mattie, Joseph, and Melvin.

    Sound design by Cedric Wilson who also mixed the episode. Our Virtual Altar was brought to life by Alleyha Dannett of Ancient Future Fourest with photography by Jasmine B. Johnson and Jai Williams. Our house historian is Rhondalyn Peairs.

    We Are the Promised Land is produced by free feral, in collaboration with Annette Hollowell. Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Mississippi Presenters’ Network, and to the Association for Cultural Equity.

    We Are the Promised Land is made possible by generous support from the National Performance Network, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carpetbag Theater, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, The Panta Rhea Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Alternate Roots, The Big We Foundation, The Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with financial assistance from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance.

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  • Episode 2: Parent Material
    2026/05/16

    Bill, Annie, and Annette step back and look at how hospitality and community service make a part of their inheritance.

    Music

    Country meet cute by free feral

    Albert and Wilmer by free feral

    Come on Down by free feral

    Jam with Cam 2 by Cameron Jones and free feral

    Jam with Cam by Cameron Jones and free feral

    You Can’t Help Who You Love by free feral

    Walk in the Parlor by Lucius Smith & Sid Hemphill Courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity

    Clarksdale by Memphissippi Sounds

    Jam with Cam 3 by Cameron Jones and free feral

    Proper with God by free feral

    For sound design sources as well as poems, photographs, and more visit our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net

    Today’s episode features Bill, Annie, Annette, Al, Mattie, Vivian and Shenitha Hollowell, and Annie’s sister Connie.

    Sound design by muthi reed with assistance from Cedric Wilson who also mixed the episode. Our Virtual Altar was brought to life by Alleyha Dannett of Ancient Future Fourest with photography by Jasmine B Johnson and Jai Williams. Our house historian is Rhondalyn Peairs.

    We Are the Promised Land is produced by free feral, in collaboration with Annette Hollowell. Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Mississippi Presenters’ Network, and to the Association for Cultural Equity.

    We Are the Promised Land is made possible by generous support from the National Performance Network, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carpetbag Theater, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, The Panta Rhea Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Alternate Roots, The Big We Foundation, The Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with financial assistance from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance.

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