The Struggle of Coon Branch Mountain materials, c.1972
Sub-Series (ap.afc.02.08)
- Extent
- 16 Film containers
- 13 Audio tapes
- 1 Video tapes
- 10 Photo prints
- 2 Folders
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series II. Appalachian Film Workshop, 1971-1972 > The Struggle of Coon Branch Mountain materials, c.1972
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the black and white documentary The Struggle of Coon Branch Mountain, a 1972 release. The film documents the efforts of a small West Virginia community to improve the roads and school opportunities in their area. Local parents are interviewed about the lack of resources in their community and are shown meeting, organizing and, in a series of still photographs, marching on the governor's office in Charleston, West Virginia. Subjects include rural conditions, schools, and community activism.
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