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Sharing the 29th Annual Summer Documentary Institute
The Appalachian Media Institute (AMI), Appalshop’s award-winning youth media program, is proud to share the powerful work of our 2017 cohort of Summer Documentary Institute interns. Each summer for the past 29 years, the Summer Documentary Institute (SDI) has invited […]Read More ▶Sharing the 29th Annual Summer Documentary Institute
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Internet in Rural America
It’s been a big year for Internet in the coalfields, and across rural Appalachia, with citizens demanding better Internet access and high speed Broadband, and some policy makers in DC saying rural America doesn’t need it. In this episode of WMMT’s Mountain News & World Report, Benny Becker brings us stories of people who...Read More ▶Internet in Rural America
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Wendell Berry’s Thoughts in the Presence of Fear
In the days following September 11, 2001, Kentucky author and farmer Wendell Berry wrote Thoughts in the Presence of Fear. With rural Kentucky as a backdrop, Herb E. Smith put Wendell’s words to film, adding an interview on the relevancy of his essay, years later. “What you hope for is that these things you...Read More ▶Wendell Berry’s Thoughts in the Presence of Fear
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MN&WR: Internet in Rural Appalachia
It’s been a big year for internet in the coalfields, and across rural Appalachia. In this episode: stories of people who have internet access and others who don’t, communities organizing to get better access, and projects that use the internet to create new jobs.Read More ▶MN&WR: Internet in Rural Appalachia
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SOAR Calls For “Faith And Grit”
The 4th SOAR – Shaping Our Appalachian Region – Summit was held in Pikeville on August 4 and over 1,200 listened to Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, Rep. Hal Rogers, and featured speaker UK Basketball Coach John Calipari as they each laid out their visions for eastern Kentucky’s future and how to get there. WMMT...Read More ▶SOAR Calls For “Faith And Grit”
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Community Archives and the Future
What does the past have to do with a more just and equitable future? How can community-based archives preserve and disseminate marginalized histories? These themes were explored through an archivist-led track at the 19th annual Allied Media Conference (AMC), a Detroit-based gathering of community of filmmakers, radio producers, technologists, youth organizers, writers, entrepreneurs, and...Read More ▶Community Archives and the Future
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A Mirror For Mountain People: Seedtime & June in the Mountains
June is a special time of year in the mountains. Seedtime on the Cumberland is Appalshop’s festival of mountain arts, always the first weekend of June. Music, film, theater, crafts, dance, and art have brought thousands of people together, on Appalshop grounds, since 1986. Across thirty years, Seedtime has featured downtown parades, week long...Read More ▶A Mirror For Mountain People: Seedtime & June in the Mountains
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Award-Winning Black Lung Reports Influence Policy
At the end of 2016, new research on black lung cases were released through NPR and featured in the New York Times, among other national outlets. Benny Becker, reporting for WMMT in partnership with the Ohio Valley Resource, worked with Howard Berkes of the NPR Investigations Unit to produce the report and share local impacts through the story of a Pike...Read More ▶Award-Winning Black Lung Reports Influence Policy
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APPALSHOP NAMED TOP 100 SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CULTURE
Appalshop is thrilled to be part of the 2017 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Top 100 list! This list “celebrates thought leaders, provocateurs, and innovators who are using their platform to create cultural movement,” according to the Center. “This year, the list takes on a renewed urgency and importance. In the face of...Read More ▶APPALSHOP NAMED TOP 100 SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CULTURE
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