A documentary that examines the cultural stereotype of the people of Appalachia and how that has affected America's relationship with its rural communities.
Direction
Filmmakers who actually grew up here—radical concept, I know.
Writing
bell hooks dismantling Deliverance in under three minutes.
Director
Sally Rubin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Billy Redden, the 'banjo kid' from Deliverance, had never played banjo before that film—he was a local student they cast for his look, then used a hidden musician for the actual playing.
The filmmakers specifically structured the doc to mirror the three-act exploitation of Appalachia: resource extraction, media extraction, political extraction.
US
