Throughout southern Appalachia mountaintop removal coal mining is on the rise, blasting and leveling highland forests and streams. The process literally changes the geology of the region. Citizens negatively impacted
The Searchers is a 90-minute, color, SD documentary portrait of researchers of the assassination of JFK. The film uses archival footage, photographs, documents, verite live-action footage and sit-down interviews to
Randy Lewis knows that losing his dairy business would mean losing his livelihood – his farm is limping along through an economy that has decimated most other family farms in
Brother Joseph and the Grotto tells the “true fairy tale” of Brother Joseph, the tiny Bavarian hunchback monk who built Ave Maria Grotto, a miniature city of recycled materials in
SOUTHMONT DRIVE reflects on the life and legacy of filmmaker Ashley O’Shay’s grandfather, Pop Lewis, a proud father of 17. By traveling back in time, this docu-series acts to reimagine
This film explores the legacy of Harry Caudill, who spent his life advocating for the people of Appalachia by illuminating the ways they became impoverished at the hands of the
This documentary is the story of Ward Sutton, a certified mortician and undertaker. Sutton has the ability and proper credentials to locate mostly unmarked graves, dig up the bodies, and
Silent Beauty is an experimental autobiographical exploration of one woman’s family history with child sexual abuse and a culture of silence. Silent Beauty is a personal documentary that follows Director
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