I'm What This is All About materials, c.1985
Sub-Series (ap.afc.06.09)
- Extent
- 4 Video cassettes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VI. Appalshop Films/Headwaters Television, 1984-1990 > I'm What This is All About materials, c.1985
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary I’m What This Is All About, a 1985 release. The film documents the effects of a 1980 West Virginia Supreme Court decision mandating an overhaul of the state's schools. Parents in rural Lincoln County, WV are shown campaigning for equitable treatment of their children, for the preservation of community schools, and to protect the jobs of teachers. Subjects include school consolidation, politics and patronage in the school system, education of children with special needs, and rural education in the Appalachian region.
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