documentary films Archives - Appalachian History

Feature film ‘Coal Dust’ gets underway

Coal Dust depicts a modern lobbyist who is called home to see her family. She reflects on her town/family’s history with coal mines.

When I first wrote about our Grandma Gatewood project for Appalachian History in 2013, we were at the half-way point of our shooting schedule.

KY film director Michael Crisp aims to bring Floyd’s incredible story to a wider audience, allowing others an opportunity to learn about him.

A new documentary film explores the surprising history of a long forgotten German WWII POW camp near Lyndhurst, VA.

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