‘Deliverance’ Continues to Define Burt Reynolds’ Career and Stereotypes in Appalachia
The recent passing of actor Burt Reynolds has left the nation celebrating the man Rolling Stone deemed “The…
An Epidemic of Opioid Documentaries — Who Is that Stranger with a Camera?
It’s been more than five years since documentary filmmaker Sean Dunne of Peekskill, NY, released Oxyana. The IMDb…
Queering Appalachia — Finding Chosen Families Online in an Unforgiving Landscape
In 2017, Canadian visual artist Lucas LaRochelle created the experimental project “Queering the Map,” a community-generated interactive map…
Hillbilly Horror: Reckoning With a Genre 15 Years After ‘Wrong Turn’
“You’re not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling? And that accent you’ve…
Homegrown Black Metal Smashes Stereotypical Appalachian Narratives
In recent months, the media spotlight on Appalachia has resulted in complicated conversations about whose mountains we inhabit…