Appalshop Movies

  • 2012
    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

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    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader. Braden was hailed by...

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
  • 1971
    In Ya Blood

    In Ya Blood

    In Ya Blood

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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...

    In Ya Blood
  • 1982
    Big Lever

    Big Lever

    Big Lever

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    For Nixon's first public appearance since resigning the presidency, Richard Nixon chose the small mountain community of Leslie County, Kentucky....

    Big Lever
  • 1970
    The Art of Finding Home

    The Art of Finding Home

    The Art of Finding Home

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    The experience of artmaking in Appalachia is a complex one. An Appalachian identity often creates a distinctive and strong relationship between...

    The Art of Finding Home
  • 1970
    Catfish: Man of the Woods

    Catfish: Man of the Woods

    Catfish: Man of the Woods

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    1974 documentary about Clarence Frederick "Catfish" Gray a herbalist and folk doctor in West Virginia.

    Catfish: Man of the Woods
  • 1974
    Fixin' to Tell About Jack

    Fixin' to Tell About Jack

    Fixin' to Tell About Jack

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    Ray Hicks is a mountain farmer from Beech Mountain, North Carolina, with a genius for telling traditional folktales that have been passed down in his...

    Fixin' to Tell About Jack
  • 2002
    Coal Bucket Outlaw

    Coal Bucket Outlaw

    Coal Bucket Outlaw

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    Coal Bucket Outlaw is a documentary that asks Americans to look at where our energy comes from at a time when coal still produced over half of our...

    Coal Bucket Outlaw
  • 1995
    Beyond Measure

    Beyond Measure

    Beyond Measure

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    There is a constant tension between the forces of an ever-changing economy and the need to have stable communities. As technologies change, workers...

    Beyond Measure
  • 1978
    John Jacob Niles

    John Jacob Niles

    John Jacob Niles

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    John Jacob Niles is a portrait of the adding machine repairman who came to Eastern Kentucky in 1909, “heard the songs [his] father sang,”...

    John Jacob Niles
  • 1971
    Whitesburg Epic

    Whitesburg Epic

    Whitesburg Epic

    01971HD

    In this small town “epic,” the people of Whitesburg, KY speak directly to the camera about unemployment, student unrest, and the Vietnam...

    Whitesburg Epic