Northcountrypublicradio.org

'Inheritance' documentary explores generations of poverty, trauma and addiction

One in eight children in the U.S. reportedly live in homes where one parent has a substance abuse problem. 'Inheritance' documentary explores generations of poverty, trauma and addiction A new ...
Morehead State University

MSU alum screens documentary on Appalachian Media Institute

For 37 years, the Appalachian Media Institute (AMI) has provided a creative outlet for young people to use media to analyze critical issues. Now, a Morehead State alum is helping to tell AMI's story ...
The Roanoke Times

Sissy Spacek narrates PBS documentary on Appalachia

NEW YORK -- Sissy Spacek has lived within the Appalachian mountain range since before the role in "Coal Miner's Daughter" that identified her with the region. But some of her neighbors won't let her ...
Yahoo

From Big Ears to a PBS documentary, Amythyst Kiah and her music represent Appalachia

Appalachia is a complex, diverse region that is more than worthy of celebration, but it doesn't always get the respect it deserves. "I just appreciate someone trying to tell the story in a way that is ...
insider.si.edu

Black power comes to Appalachia Bereans create the Black Appalachian Commission, a documentary history, 1969-70 Edward D. Smith ; foreword by Claudette Schmidt Smith

"The movement (to create the Black Appalachian Commission) began in April 1969, when two black students who were attending the Council of the Southern Mountains Annual Conference at Fontana Village, ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Spacek narrates PBS documentary on Appalachia

NEW YORK — Sissy Spacek has lived within the Appalachian mountain range since before the role in "Coal Miner's Daughter" that identified her with the region. But some of her neighbors won't let her ...