Mr. Percy's Run
Mr. Joshua Percy Flowers is second only to Ava Gardner in notoriety anywhere near Johnston County, North Carolina. The Saturday Evening Post declared Flowers "King of the Moonshiners" in 1958, when it is estimated he was earning one million dollars annually in untaxed revenue from the sale of white liquor up and down the East Coast. He was also one "helluva fox hunter." This film attempts to cover the ground between the two pursuits and reveal a picture of the man apart from the legend.
Director: D.L. Anderson
Director of Photography: D.L. Anderson
Audio Production: Kavanah Anderson
Original Soundtrack: Phil Cook and His Feat
Storytellers: David Lee Bailey, Captain Craig Fish, Pauli Boykin, Richie Creech
Thanks to:
James Larry Pittman, Johnston Co. Heritage Center, Johnston Co. Sheriff's Department, N.C. State Archives, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University