Appalshop

A terminally ill former coal-truck and school-bus driver sets off in her yellow mini-bus through the Appalachian mountains on a final journey to...

Appalachian Genesis, one of the first Appalshop films, was commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission to document the state of mind of...

In their efforts to better their children’s education, the residents of this small West Virginia community found themselves face to face with an...

Gurney Norman's short story, navigates the intricate relationship between young Wilgus Collier and the enigmatic Fat Monroe. As Wilgus embarks on his...

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

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

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...

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

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

Nimrod Workman won a National Heritage Award for his original songs, but in the film that shares his name, he often breaks into impromptu...

Artist Angie DeBord tells stories, both verbally and through her beautifully colorful paintings, representing Appalachian folklore, myth, and her...

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...

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

A native of Eastern Kentucky, Belinda Mason was, as she says,“a small town journalist, a young mother, a reliable Tupperware party guest” until...

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...

Shortly after midnight on October 11, 2000, a coal sludge pond in Martin County, Kentucky, broke through an underground mine, propelling 306 million...

Quilting Women traces the process of traditional Appalachian quilting, from cutting out and piecing together the patterns to the quilting bee....

Produced by Nik Lee and Ellie Mullins, this official selection of the 2022 Boone Docs Film Festival offers expansive interviews covering the lives of...

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

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