Lee Banks: Mountain Farmer materials, c.1973

Sub-Series (ap.afc.04.01)

Extent
14 Film containers
5 Audio tapes
3 Video cassettes
8 Photo prints
1 Boxes
Part of
Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series IV. Appalshop Films, 1973-1977 > Lee Banks: Mountain Farmer materials, c.1973
Scope and Contents
Contains material related to the color 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.