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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