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One of the things we do at Alabama Public Radio News is produce major journalism projects. That's where we've won most of our 187 awards for excellence in reporting. Back in 2014, we did one on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War. That's where Admiral David Farragut is said to have shouted, "Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead! Although there's not a stitch of evidence he actually said that. But I digress. I was down at Fort Morgan along the coast recording sound for that documentary when I got to hear Birmingham musician Bobby Horton.

One of the things we do at Alabama Public Radio News is produce major journalism projects. That's where we've won most of our 187 awards for excellence in reporting. Back in 2014, we did one on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War. That's where Admiral David Farragut is said to have shouted, "Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead! Although there's not a stitch of evidence he actually said that. But I digress. I was down at Fort Morgan along the coast recording sound for that documentary when I got to hear Birmingham musician Bobby Horton. Pull up a chair and get ready to learn more about the Civil War. My talk with Bobby Horton is next on APR Notebook.

The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary about the troubled system to isolated cells with little contact with others, family members and attorneys said.

A documentary shot with footage smuggled out of Alabama prisons may be in contention for an Academy Award. The nominees for this year’s Oscars will announced later this week. “The Alabama Solution” was shortlisted for “Documentary Feature Film” category.

Fans of documentary film making will gather in the nation’s capital tonight for the start of the annual DC DOX Festival. One short feature is titled “Christmas Every Day.” It focuses on two pre-teen Alabama sisters, Peyton and Lila Wesson, who promote fashion and beauty products as online influencers. APR News Director Pat Duggins spoke with Sky Sitney, co-founder and organizer of DC DOX about the Alabama based film which will featured in Washington, D.C.

The documentary titled Muscle Shoals helped to put the small community in Northwest Alabama on the map nationally and internationally. It was released in 2013 and featured everyone from Keith Richards to Aretha Franklin speaking on the brilliance of the area’s recording studios in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

(MOBILE, AL)-- In the age of internet streaming services, the time-honored ritual of movie-watching has been totally transformed. Of course, having access…

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