The Appalachians / a production of Evening Star Productions ; presented by Nashville Public Television ; written and produced by Phylis Geller ; executive producer, Mari-Lynn C. Evans.
Publisher:
Distributed by APT,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
3 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. "A land shaped by the people, a people shaped by the land." "Award-winning 3 hour public television series; Bonus: Johnny Cash's final interview". Originally produced for public television broadcast. Narrator, J.W. Mahoney ; Interviewees: Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Loretta Lynn, Marty Stuart, Little Jimmy Dickens, and others.
Summary:
Episode 1. Examines the earliest settlers of the Appalachians, the Cherokee; the arrival in the 1700s of European settlers who brought their traditions and music with them; the regional role of whiskey distilling; the large evangelical tent meetings which brought together blacks and whites and fostered the development of regional white gospel influenced by African rhythms -- Episode 2. The Cherokees are cruelly relocated along the Trail of Tears; the Civil War splits families; modernization arrives as railroads make it possible to strip raw materials and timber from the mountains; mining companies change entire towns and ways of life; miners demands better working conditions and the region suffers from the violence of the great Coal Wars -- Episode 3. The phonograph and radio take mountain music to the outside world; Great Depression devastates the region; the New Deal provides new ways of making a living and brings wider access to electricity; strip mining and mountain-top removal change the landscape forever; people of Appalachia keep their traditional culture alive and vibrant.
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