Appalachian Journey

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Documentary

Overview

Appalachian Journey is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). It offers songs, dances, stories, and religious rituals of the Southern Appalachians. Preachers, singers, fiddlers, banjo pickers, moonshiners, cloggers, and square dancers recount the good times and the hard times of rural life there. Performers include Tommy Jarrell, Janette Carter, Ray and Stanley Hicks, Frank Proffitt Jr., Sheila Kay Adams, Nimrod Workman and Phyllis Boyens, Raymond Fairchild, and others, with a bonus of a few African-Americans from the North Carolina Piedmont.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: July 19, 1991
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Alan Lomax
Director: Alan Lomax
Producer: Mike Dibb
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt6723840