Whippin' the Devil materials, c.2005
Sub-Series (ap.afc.08.06)
- Extent
- 2 Video cassettes
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VIII. Appalshop Films, 2000-2015 > Whippin' the Devil materials, c.2005
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Whippin' the Devil, a 2005 release. The film profiles Guy Roberts, a southwestern Virginia native, who during the 1930s trafficked moonshine between Virginia and Kentucky. The film includes interviews with Roberts about his days as a boy in Pound, Virginia, bootlegging, and the years he spent fleeing law enforcement officials after taking part in a robbery. Subjects include illicit distilling (moonshining), rural conditions, and prohibition in Virginia and Kentucky.
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