American Hollow 1999 [Full Movie] [Copy 2]
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Channel: American Hollow
Views: 1,255,631
Rating: 4.7048597 out of 5
Keywords: American Hollow, Rory Kennedy, Iree Bowling, Bascum Bowling, Film (Media Genre), Watch, Full, Free, Cinema, Full Filmmovie, Part Full
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Length: 88min 12sec (5292 seconds)
Published: Sat Mar 07 2015
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Great documentary. I live a county over from where this takes place at and I can vouch for the authenticity of the film. Everything you see is totally legit and isn't misrepresented in the slightest.
Eastern Kentucky is a hotbed of generational poverty, drug abuse, and little opportunity with the only glimmer of hope for many coming from a dying coal industry. But despite all of area's shortcomings, you'll be hard up to find friendlier folks, as people here will go beyond to help you out with food, clothing, etc. Additionally, family is everything here and it isn't uncommon to see multiple generations living under one roof.
As a companion documentary to get a more complete picture of Appalachia, and as bad as it pains me to suggest this, watch "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia."
My family is from up that way in Clintwood Va. My Grandfather moved out of there and down to Atlanta but none of my aunts and grandparents ever lost their accent or attitude. This is really familiar although I just visited up there.
Im from NOVA and as a kid I would drive out to WV with my dad looking for flea markets and random stuff for sale. We never had any trouble with anyone and everyone was always super friendly to us. I hope Clint is doing well these days wherever he is.
I did some graduate work in an area like this I. Another remote chunk of Appalachia. My advisor was blown away at the access I was able to get.
All I had to say was " I have spent time here and everyone has always been so kind and generous to me. I can't do much to repay your kindness but I can do [thing I'm researching that may help the community]. Would you mind spending half an hour telling me about [change in community]?"
Wonderful people.