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Most of the people featured in the series come from, or live in, the Appalachian region, including the narrator Sissy Spacek.Some of the other people featured include Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Barbara Kingsolver, E. O. Wilson, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Coles, Wilma Dykeman, Charles Hudson, Denise Giardina, Mary Lee Settle, John Ehle, Sharyn McCrumb, and Gurney Norman.
Stranger with a Camera (2000) is a documentary film from Appalshop about the representation of Appalachian communities by outsiders in film and video. [138] Much of the popular book series The Hunger Games (2008) is set in "an area that used to be called Appalachia" which is referred to in the book as District 12. Much of the surroundings and ...
Pages in category "Documentary films about Appalachia" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
“The West Virginia boys have moved the mountains. All of the roads were just gone, until now. It’s nothing short of miraculous. “I haven’t been to my house since the flood but I know very ...
[5] More than 3,000 people signed an online petition asking for the series to be continued, but WBIR followed through with its plan to end it. [21] The last episode was taped at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris on August 8, 2009 before an audience estimated at 10,000 people, one of the largest crowds in the museum's history.
American Hollow is a 1999 American documentary film directed and produced by Rory Kennedy. The film follows the extended Bowling family, residents of an eastern Kentucky valley, for a year in Perry County, Kentucky. The music for the film was composed by Bill Frisell. [4]
Power.” (Oxygen) — Released in December 2021, this 90-minute documentary special, hosted by Troy Roberts, looks into the boat crash, the murders, the insurance fraud and more.
Appalachian Americans, or simply Appalachians, are Americans living in the geocultural area of Appalachia in the eastern United States, or their descendants. [2] [3]While not an official demographic used or recognized by the United States Census Bureau, Appalachian Americans, due to various factors, have developed their own distinct culture within larger social groupings.