Up The Ridge
UP THE RIDGE 2006, 56:40 Editor (Produced by Nick Szuberla and Amelia Kirby) An in-depth look at the United States prison industry and the social impact of moving hundreds of thousands…
Texas Majority Minority
TEXAS MAJORITY MINORITY 2004, 10:40 About the struggle to register Latino and African American voters in Texas and the disenfranchisement of thousands of voters which created a system of political apartheid. Includes…
His Eye Is On The Sparrow
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW 2003, 26:40 Ethel Caffie-Austin, West Virginia ’s first lady of gospel music, performs and teaches African American spirituals, hymns, and contemporary gospel songs. "Captures her in…
Shelter
SHELTER Remastered 2008, 2001, 56:40 In 1974, three women opened the first shelter for battered women in this country. A grassroots movement not only saved lives but changed the way we…
To Save the Land and People
TO SAVE THE LAND AND PEOPLE Remastered 2009, 1999, 56:40 The Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People used every means possible, from legal petitions to guns and dynamite, to…
Rough Side of the Mountain
ROUGH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN 1999, 56:40 Community organizing and the "steel ceiling" encountered by two company towns -- Trammel and Ivanhoe, Virginia -- as they struggle to develop new economies.…
Justice in the Coalfields
JUSTICE IN THE COALFIELDS 1995, 56:40 demonstrates how current labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people. The documentary follows…
Evelyn Williams
EVELYN WILLIAMS 1995, 26:40 Coal miner’s daughter and wife, mother of nine, domestic worker and community organizer whose awareness of class and race oppression led her to a lifetime of activism.…
Ready for Harvest, Clearcutting in the Southern Appalachians
READY FOR HARVEST, CLEARCUTTING IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS 1994, 28:30 Looks at a citizen's campaign against clearcutting North Carolina's native forests and alternative approaches to est management. "... a factually sound and…
Still from Hands On: A year in an Easter Kentucky Classroom
Hands On: A Year in an Eastern Kentucky Classroom
HANDS ON: A YEAR IN AN EASTERN KENTUCKY CLASSROOM 1992, 28:00 Examines the potential of a student-centered, democratically run learning environment based on Foxfire methods in an economically disadvantaged rural second…