The Discovery Channel's newest reality show, "Moonshiners," follows small group of Virginia men as they go through the motions of creating a batch of illegal whiskey from start to finish, deep in the Appalachian mountains. 

If that sounds a lot like Neal Hutcheson's Emmy-winning documentary "The Last One," chronicling legendary mountain man Popcorn Sutton brewing his supposed last batch of moonshine, then it shouldn't surprise you to see clips from that film sprinkled throughout the first few episodes of the Discovery series.

Hutcheson, a documentary filmmaker at N.C. State, says that some of the film has been licensed to Discovery for use in the series. "Tim," the main character in "Moonshiners," references Popcorn and insinuates that his father perhaps worked with him, but his statements are vague on that point.

"The Last One," Neal Hutcheson's Emmy-winning documentary on Popcorn Sutton, is the main attraction at a Chatham Arts film series event tonight at Fearrington Village in Pittsboro. Also showing tonight is a short film by D.L. Anderson on Johnston County moonshiner Percy Flowers, called "Percy's Run."

You can read more about tonight's event here (there's also live music!).

"The Last One," Neal Hutcheson's documentary on the late Appalachian moonshiner Popcorn Sutton , has won an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for Outstanding Achievement in Television Programming Excellence.

Hutcheson, a video producer at NC State, made "The Last One" through his own production company, Sucker Punch Pictures.  "The Last One" won in the category of "cultural documentary."  Winners were announced at the 35th Southeast Regional Emmy Awards this past Saturday in Atlanta.