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The Roof Over My Head: A Documentary on Houselessness

The Roof Over My Head: A Documentary on Houselessness

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Have you ever heard I.D. Stamper play the dulcimer? He recorded his album "Red Wings" on our record label, June Appal, and he's also the subject of an Appalshop documentary, "Sourwood Mountain Dulcimer." We're bundling them together for the holidays. Order by tomorrow to get both the documentary and the album for $10 less! 📷Appalshop, "Sourwood Mountain Dulcimer," Gene DuBey, 1976 | Appalshop

Have you ever heard I.D. Stamper play the dulcimer? He recorded his album "Red Wings" on our record label, June Appal, and he's also the subject of an Appalshop documentary, "Sourwood Mountain Dulcimer." We're bundling them together for the holidays. Order by tomorrow to get both the documentary and the album for $10 less! 📷Appalshop, "Sourwood Mountain Dulcimer," Gene DuBey, 1976 | Appalshop

1.2K viewsDec 17, 2019

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Ray Hicks' storytelling was so renowned he received a National Heritage Award. We put out his album on our record label in 1989 — in fact, we made a whole film about him. Happy birthday, Ray. Your stories live on today. 📸 "Fixin' to Tell About Jack," Elizabeth Barret, 1974, Appalshop Archive preserved | Appalshop

Ray Hicks' storytelling was so renowned he received a National Heritage Award. We put out his album on our record label in 1989 — in fact, we made a whole film about him. Happy birthday, Ray. Your stories live on today. 📸 "Fixin' to Tell About Jack," Elizabeth Barret, 1974, Appalshop Archive preserved | Appalshop

2.7K viewsAug 28, 2020

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One of the worst mine disasters in U.S. history took place on this day in 1976 right here in Letcher County, Kentucky. The first explosion killed 15 miners; the second killed 11. When news reached Appalshop, staff raced to the scene, interviewed witnesses and recorded Rep. Carl Perkins' press conference. 📷 Preserved by Appalshop Archive | Appalshop

One of the worst mine disasters in U.S. history took place on this day in 1976 right here in Letcher County, Kentucky. The first explosion killed 15 miners; the second killed 11. When news reached Appalshop, staff raced to the scene, interviewed witnesses and recorded Rep. Carl Perkins' press conference. 📷 Preserved by Appalshop Archive | Appalshop

2.4K viewsMar 9, 2023

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🎉New documentary from Appalshop! 🎉 Catch a new short on being queer in EKY on Appalachian Media Institute's Facebook FRIDAY at NOON — with another premiere each Fri after that! 📸Appalshop, "As Long As You Can," Nikole Lee, Ellie Mullins, 2021 | Appalshop

🎉New documentary from Appalshop! 🎉 Catch a new short on being queer in EKY on Appalachian Media Institute's Facebook FRIDAY at NOON — with another premiere each Fri after that! 📸Appalshop, "As Long As You Can," Nikole Lee, Ellie Mullins, 2021 | Appalshop

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Appalshop Films would like to present Shades of Home, a series highlighting the diversity of experiences within Central Appalachia, shown through the art that is created by artists creating and sharing their stories in our region. Inspired by some of the earliest Appalshop films, this series aims to show how art is made, shared, and received in today’s world. Chimney Ghost was written and performed by Justin Branham, a lifelong resident of Letcher County, Kentucky, was raised in McRoberts. He sp

Appalshop Films would like to present Shades of Home, a series highlighting the diversity of experiences within Central Appalachia, shown through the art that is created by artists creating and sharing their stories in our region. Inspired by some of the earliest Appalshop films, this series aims to show how art is made, shared, and received in today’s world. Chimney Ghost was written and performed by Justin Branham, a lifelong resident of Letcher County, Kentucky, was raised in McRoberts. He sp

2.4K viewsNov 29, 2024

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Today in 1921 miners began marching towards Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in US history. "I'm still a union man in my heart...I'm still fighting," said Nimrod Workman. He was there. 📷 "Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category," Scott Faulkner, Anthony Slone, 1975, Appalshop Archive preserved | Appalshop

Today in 1921 miners began marching towards Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in US history. "I'm still a union man in my heart...I'm still fighting," said Nimrod Workman. He was there. 📷 "Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category," Scott Faulkner, Anthony Slone, 1975, Appalshop Archive preserved | Appalshop

10.2K viewsAug 25, 2024

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Morgan Sexton cut his first banjo from a lard bucket and learned to play as a child. After a lifetime in the coal mines, he made his public debut at the Seedtime on the Cumberland festival in 1988 at the age of 77. National recognition followed quickly, and in 1991 he received the NEA National Heritage Award for his “amazingly pure and unaffected singing and playing style,” shortly before his death that same year. Today, we remember his legacy. Happy birthday, Morgan — your music lives on today.

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We are saddened by the passing of beloved community member Rutland Melton. A former coal miner and shuttle car operator from Lynch, KY, Rutland shared his mining experience in Tom Hansell's book and movie "After Coal." He was a Higher Ground cast member, proud UMWA member, singer with the Mount Sinai Spirituals, and active in the Honor Guard and KFTC. A tireless advocate for justice and quality of life, Rutland’s legacy lives on. Watch him perform “You Oughta Been There” with the Mount Sinai Spi

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What was Bell County, Kentucky, like in the 1950s? During #AmericanArchivesMonth, home movies—preserved with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation—give us a window. This footage is from coal camp doctor John Parrott. 📸 Appalshop Archive preserved | Appalshop

419.4K viewsOct 19, 2023

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"The only warning we had was the neighbor woman who hollered, 'Run, that dam has broke!' Then you could hear the roar." 132 million gallons of water and 1 million gallons of sludge killed 125 people and left 4,000 homeless on this day in 1972 when a coal waste dam collapsed in Logan County, WV. Watch the full "Buffalo Creek Flood" film here: https://loom.ly/C_LCPPw 📷 Appalshop, "The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man," Mimi Pickering, 1975 | Appalshop

274.9K viewsFeb 26, 2025

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The Pittston Coal strike finally came to an end on this day over 30 years ago, almost a year after it started. Pittston terminated health care benefits for 1,500 miners and their families — so people walked out, protested, and rallied. 📷 Appalshop, “Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song," 2001, Mimi Pickering | Appalshop

4.6K viewsFeb 20, 2025

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"They were both ... pushed out of Alabama [by] its alabaster racism, as well as pulled here by the opportunity to work for wage labor — something black people did not have in Alabama at the turn of this century." During Black History Month, let's tell our WHOLE history. 📷Appalshop, "Long Journey Home," Elizabeth Barret, 1987 | Appalshop

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Hazel Dickens was a trailblazer — a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow who sang on picket lines and broke new ground for women in music and beyond. Enjoy this unedited, unseen piece of archival footage featuring Hazel and her band performing a concert in Clintwood, VA, filmed for Mimi Pickering's 2000 film "Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song." This Sunday is Hazel’s 100th birthday. Her music lives on today, and always will. | Appalshop

1.6K views11 months ago

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We'll show material from the Appalshop Archive at our virtual festival Seedtime on the Cumberland — Like storyteller Adreenna Belcher, seen here in a clip from our film 1987 "Long Journey Home." Support the Appalshop Archive's work at: https://loom.ly/q0dD4T4 | Appalshop

319 viewsMay 26, 2021

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A message from Anna Richardson White, daughter of Bill and Josephine Richardson who helped to found Appalshop, on her new short film, Appalheads: "My parents moved to Whitesburg from NYC in 1969 for six months to start what became Appalshop. 56 years later, they're still there...and so is the 'Shop. My film tells their story and mine. It shares archival footage of the early days of what was essentially a tech startup in the mountains. They brought new film and video equipment to a small town and

4.4K viewsFeb 18, 2025

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“In a society that can honor Loretta Lynn or Emmylou Harris, but not Sarah Ogan Gunning, clearly something is wrong. It means we haven’t been able to deal with our roots. We haven’t been able to deal with our giants.” — Archie Green, labor historian Happy birthday, Sarah. 📸 Appalshop, "Dreadful Memories," Mimi Pickering, 1988 | Appalshop

99.3K viewsJun 28, 2024

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"The beloved matriarch" of the famous Carter family would have been 98 years old today. Janette Carter carried on her family legacy—the first vocal group to ever record commercially produced country music—and she did it right here in the mountains. 📸 Appalshop, "Sunny Side of Life," Scott Faulkner, Anthony Slone, Jack Wright, 1985, Appalshop Archive preserved | Appalshop

350 viewsJul 2, 2021

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Exploring the Art of Original Norozich Appal

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For over 85 years, Lee Sexton brought traditional banjo to the world, and his legacy lives on. Rest easy, Lee. | Appalshop

1.6K viewsFeb 11, 2022

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When the mines closed, Wythe County, VA, planned to abandon the company town of Ivanhoe. But Maxine ‘Mack’ Waller wouldn't let it. She was a powerhouse whose organizing work is at the heart of our film "Rough Side of the Mountain." Rest easy, Mack. 📸 Appalshop, "Rough Side of the Mountain," Anne Lewis, 1997 | Appalshop

1.3K viewsNov 6, 2023

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Sunnyside of Life | Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection

‘We’re still here’: Appalshop staff standing strong as they recover months following the flood

A trailblazing civil rights leader and protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Reverend Jesse Jackson devoted his life to championing the rights of people of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, immigrants, and low-income communities. His inspiring vision of a “Rainbow Coalition” sought to bring together these marginalized groups across the nation in solidarity and shared purpose. Jesse visited Hazard, Kentucky on his presidential campaign tour in 1988, and proudly declared "I am a Duke of Hazard!" T

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Pittston Coal terminated health care benefits for 1,500 miners and their families — so people walked out, protested, and rallied. This weekend marks when the Pittston Coal strike finally came to an end 32 years ago, almost a year after it started. 📷Appalshop, “Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song," 2001, Mimi Pickering | Appalshop

29.9K viewsFeb 18, 2022

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James “Pigmeat” Jarrett was born in Georgia and made his career in Cincinnati — but spent the years in between in a mining camp in Rockhouse, Kentucky. The only album he ever released was on our record label, June Appal Recordings. On his birthday, we remember him AND his music. Rest in power, Pigmeat. 📸 Appalshop,”Look at the People,” Pigmeat Jarrett, June Appal Records, 1979 | Appalshop

544 viewsDec 6, 2024

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There’s a new special piece of art hanging in the Appalshop halls at our Jenkins office! 📷🖼️💚 Our friend and artist-in-residence, Francesco Aglieri Rinella, spent two weeks with us in November and generously donated this beautiful photograph he captured of our mountains during his visit. (Please excuse the glare!) Thank you, Francesco, for such a thoughtful gift. We’re already counting down the days until your next visit and can’t wait to see more of your residency work! | Appalshop

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Evelyn Williams was born on Halloween, and all joking aside, lived through some true horror stories with her family. Happy birthday, Evelyn. Rest in power. 📸Appalshop, "Evelyn Williams," Anne Lewis, 1995 | Appalshop

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