The Appalachians
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Originally produced for public television broadcast.
Bonus feature: exclusive interview with Johnny Cash.
Narrator, J.W. Mahoney ; Interviewees: Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Loretta Lynn, Marty Stuart, Little Jimmy Dickens, and others.
Episode 1 (55 min.). Examines the earliest settlers of the Appalachians, the Cherokee; the arrival in the 1700s of European settlers who brought their traditions and music with them; the regional role of whiskey distilling; the large evangelical tent meetings which brought together blacks and whites and fostered the development of regional white gospel influenced by African rhythms -- Episode 2 (55 min.). The Cherokees are cruelly relocated along the Trail of Tears; the Civil War splits families; modernization arrives as railroads make it possible to strip raw materials and timber from the mountains; mining companies change entire towns and ways of life; miners demands better working conditions and the region suffers from the violence of the great Coal Wars -- Episode 3 (62 min.). The phonograph and radio take mountain music to the outside world; Great Depression devastates the region; the New Deal provides new ways of making a living and brings wider access to electricity; strip mining and mountain-top removal change the landscape forever; people of Appalachia keep their traditional culture alive and vibrant.
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : distributed by APT, c2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: 3 videodiscs (172 min.) : sd., col., with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Evans, Mari-Lynn.
Robertson, Tom.
Barnet, Charlie.
Burst, Barbara.
Green, Sam.
Cash, Johnny.
Mahoney, James, 1949-
Evening Star Productions.
WNPT (Television station : Nashville, Tenn.)
SUBJECTS
Appalachians (People) -- History.
Music -- Appalachian Region -- History.
Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs.
Appalachian Region -- History.
Appalachian Region -- History.
Documentary television programs.
Educational television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.