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American Hollow (1999)

American Hollow (1999)

Documentary
Release Date: 1999, May 26
Directors: Rory Kennedy
Countries: United States of America
Production: Moxie Firecracker Films
Cast: Samantha Bowling, Bascum Bowling, Clint Bowling, Edgar Bowling, Iree Bowling

Overview:

This documentary follows the lives of the Bowling family as they fight to survive in dirt-poor Appalachia. Matriarch Iree has given birth to 13 children, but only two have left to seek better lives in Ohio while the rest have married and started their own impoverished families near home. Uneducated and unskilled, all are unemployed, and domestic violence and alcoholism pose serious problems. The filmmakers explore the family's relationships through interviews and footage of their daily lives.

Keywords:

woman director poverty alcoholism domestic violence kentucky appalachia