Appalachian Culture

**This copy does not contain subtitles. If you need to view the film and require subtitles, both the HCC and TCC libraries have the DVD available that does include them.**
A musicologist discovers Appalachian folk music in the early 1900s.

Adaptation of John Ehle's 1971 novel about a farmer who aids a runaway slave in 19th-century North Carolina.

A Korean War veteran returns to Kentucky to run the family moonshine business, while giving Feds the slip and keeping the racketeers at bay.

Locally written and produced by BRCC faculty and staff.

This program explores a century of conflict and tragedy in the Appalachians, beginning with the cultural oppression and forced exodus of the Cherokee.

This program examines the first waves of settlement in the Appalachian mountains, beginning with the region’s earliest inhabitants—the Cherokee people and other Native American tribes.

This program examines the 20th-century history of Appalachia through the prisms of economic hardship, spiritual perseverance, and the region’s rich musical heritage. Showcasing the power of the traditional string band, the video chronicles the rise of modern country music by way of the radio and phonograph. It also highlights the resonance of long-standing church traditions and documents the Appalachian experience in connection with major historical events and forces: the Great Depression, the New Deal, the WPA, the Tennessee Valley Authority, World War II, strip mining, the postwar migration of mountain people to the mid-West, and LBJ’s War on Poverty.

The Digital Library of Appalachia provides online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region. The contents of the DLA are drawn from special collections of Appalachian College Association member libraries.

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