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Category: Documentary Films

Jane Edna Hunter and poster
November 3, 2014 Black Appalachia / Documentary Films / South Carolina

New Documentary Film: The Jane Edna Harris Hunter Story

New movie celebrates the life, work, & legacy of SC native Jane Edna Harris Hunter, founder of the Phillis Wheatley Association in Cleveland.

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earl hamner writing in schuyler house
October 13, 2014 Appalachia in the media / Appalachian celebrities / Documentary Films / Virginia

New Documentary Film: “Earl Hamner Storyteller”

Earl Hamner’s family was the model for ‘The Waltons’ television show. A new documentary traces the storyteller’s roots in Schuyler, VA.

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germain media camera points at sunset
September 16, 2014 Documentary Films / North Carolina

Germain Media films highlight Appalachian Characters and Communities

A Jefferson, NC based film production company seeks to capture real stories of the High Country for an audience interested in ‘back when.’

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wayne worth and johnnaston Kimble near Upshur County courthouse
August 26, 2014 Documentary Films / West Virginia

‘Journey into the Wild and Wonderful’ documentary seeks to include every WV county

I wanted to provide our state’s citizens & the world with an online video documentary of the history of every West Virginia county.

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daniel boone documentary poster
July 24, 2014 Appalachia in the media / Appalachian celebrities / Backwoodsmen/guides / Colonial Era / Documentary Films

New documentary ‘Daniel Boone and the Opening of the American West’ releases

After producing 6 documentaries, mostly on the Civil War, Kent Masterson Brown determined in 2011 to produce his next one on Daniel Boone.

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