Ourselves and the Promise materials, c.1978
Sub-Series (ap.afc.05.02)
- Extent
- 40 Film containers
- 31 Audio tapes
- 3 Video tapes
- 10 Photo prints
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series V. Appalshop Films, 1978-1983 > Ourselves and the Promise materials, c.1978
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Ourselves and That Promise, a 1978 release. In this film four contemporary Kentucky-based artists--James Still, Robert Penn Warren, Ronnie Criswell, and Billy Davis—discuss the history and geography that molded their work. It records the works themselves (poems, photographs, and drawings ) and the artists' remarks about their pieces. Subjects include literature, artists and art of the Appalachian region and Kentucky.