Lord and Father materials, c.1983
Sub-Series (ap.afc.05.10)
- Extent
- 59 Film containers
- 3 Audio tapes
- 3 Video cassettes
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series V. Appalshop Films, 1978-1983 > Lord and Father materials, c.1983
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Lord and Father, a 1983 release. The film documents the conflicting viewpoints of father and son (the film’s director) over profitability and morality in the operation of a Kentucky tobacco farm. The film examines the emotional bonds and economic interdependence of family farming, the economic history of tobacco growing in the United States and of sharecropping, and the social system with which it is allied. Subjects include tobacco farmers, tobacco farming history, and the conflict of generations.