Boing Boing - November 6, 2016

Filmmaker Brian Gersten writes, "To honor the tradition of hollerin' and to celebrate the inaugural Hollerin' Festival, we've decided to release our documentary on vimeo."

Strange Carolinas - November 2, 2016

In June of 2016, the folks behind Spivey Corner's National Hollerin' Contest decided to put an end to their festivities after forty-seven years. but for those wanting a look at the classic contest, director Brian Gersten has come to your rescue with The Hollerin' Contest At Spivey's Corner.

Film Inquiry - August 22, 2016

"Perfecting a tight rope balance between a feel good slice of Americana and an elegy for a dying way of life, directors Brian Gersten and Liv Dubendorf have created an unashamedly populist documentary about one of the most niche subjects imaginable."

Fayetteville Observer - July 1, 2016

A revamped hollering competition hopes to roar back this fall, but in a Cumberland County venue. Robby Goodman, a 48-year-old past contestant and winner of the famed but erstwhile National Hollerin' Contest in Spivey's Corner, is planning to stage a similar competition in October at Paradise Acres, a private, 12-acre special-event campus south of Hope Mills.

CBS - June 23, 2016

After learning that the decades-old National Hollerin' Contest had been canceled, The Late Show decided to pick up the mantle and host it.

WRAL - June 13, 2016

Dunn, N.C. — Organizers for the National Hollerin' Contest, held every year in Spivey's Corner since 1969, have announced that the event will be suspended.
 

Indie Grits - April 12, 2016

We recently had the opportunity to talk to Brian Gersten (left), who alongside co-director Liv Dubendorf (right), made the 2016 Indie Grits selected film, The Hollerin’ Contest at Spivey’s Corner.

WNCN - September 4, 2015

Documentary filmmaker Brian Gersten gives us a preview of his documentary on the Spivey’s Corner Hollerin’ Contest.

NC Now | UNC-TV - August 13, 2015

Every year, in an otherwise sleepy borough of Spivey's Corner, thousandds gather from far & wide to take part in the day-long extravaganza known as the National Hollerin' Contest. Hollerin' is considered by some to be the earliest form of communication between humans. Producer Erica Starke-Knight talks with the filmmakers of the upcoming documentary "The Hollerin' Contest at Spivey's Corner".

YES! Weekly - May 27, 2015

For filmmakers Brian Gersten and Liv Dubendorf, first-year graduate students at Wake Forest University, the National Hollerin’ Contest spoke loud and clear to them – and inspired them to make The Hollerin’ Contest at Spivey’s Corner, a 15-minute documentary short about the competition and its history.

Mountain Xpress - May 24, 2015

A group of graduate students at Wake Forest University has produced The Hollerin’ Contest at Spivey’s Corner, a 15-minute documentary about the eponymous Hollerin’ Contest in Sampson County.

WUNC - May 19, 2015

In 1969, a group of people in Spivey’s Corner, N.C. began the National Hollerin’ Contest. A new documentary, “The Hollerin’ Contest at Spivey’s Corner” tells the story of the competition through the lives of three contestants who competed in the 2014 contest.

Sampson Independent - May 14th, 2015

What started as a project for graduate school quickly turned into a passion for Liv Dubendorf and Brian Gersten. Dubendorf and Gersten are both graduate students at Wake Forest University. For a class assignment, the pair began to research and study the ancient art of hollerin’ and the National Hollerin’ Contest held annually in Spivey’s Corner.