appalachia movies page 2

Portraits and Dreams (2020)
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Documentary

Revisit photographs created by Kentucky school children in the 1970s and the place where their photos were made. Photographer and artist Wendy Ewald,...

The Children Must Learn (1940)
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Documentary

Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Link­ing education and economic development, The Children...

No Such Right: The End of Roe in Appalachia (2022)
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Documentary

“No Such Right” is a snapshot of a region in crisis. In the aftermath of the stunning Dobbs v Jackson decision, doctors, lawyers, activists, and...

Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade (2020)
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Documentary

In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last...

Picture Proof (2023)
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Documentary

A documentary following an Appalachian family’s struggle with opioid addiction over several years.

Crick in the Holler (2017)
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Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Set in West Virginia during the 2014 Elk River chemical spill, a first-generation college student clashes with her family while investigating a...

My Great Great Great Uncle Built Churches (2022)
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Documentary, Drama

Bob Childress was the founder and builder of the famous "Rock Churches" of southwest Virginia, all established between 1919 and 1954. In 2022, Buford...

The Appalachians (2005)
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Documentary

A look at the region

Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story (1996)
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Music, Documentary

Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New York stage. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and her...

The Curse and the Jubilee (2018)
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Documentary

An intimate, arresting portrait of the cursed Appalachian mining town of Ivanhoe, Virginia. The film captures the town as it prepares for the annual...

Running for the Mountains (1969)
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Documentary

RUNNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS digs into West Virginia's history of 'patriotic sacrifice,' unearthing veins of dark money and dirty politics. The film...

Tradition (1973)
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Documentary

Whiskey-making, one of the oldest traditions in the mountains, has been illegal since the end of the 18th century. Tradition is a portrait of...

Pickin & Screamin (2015)
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Documentary

When people think of Appalachian music they often think of the banjo and classify it as bluegrass, but the music in the region is more diverse than...

In Ya Blood (1971)
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Appalshop’s first dramatic film, In Ya Blood is the story of a prototypical young man from Appalachia in the summer after his senior year in high...

Down in Number 5 (2009)
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Drama

Southern Gothic tale of a coal miner pushed to his limits for the love of his son.

Trouble Behind (1991)
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Documentary

During World War I, African-Americans worked on the railroad near Corbin, Kentucky. When whites returned from the war, there was conflict. Whites...

Stranger with a Camera (2000)
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Documentary

In 1967 Canadian filmmaker Hugh O'Connor came with a crew to eastern Kentucky to make a film showing people from all walks of life in the United...