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From: "Ramona Gayle Bayes Woods" <>
Subject: [KY-LITTLE-SANDY] "American Hollow"-The Bowling Family
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:44:28 -0400

: Hi Everyone,
: This is fascinating on the Bowling family of Kentucky:
: Has anyone seen "American Hollow".
: I would love to see this film.
: Ramona
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: Editorial Reviews
: Book Description
: " A poignant epic and an extraordinary portrait of a near-extinct way of
: life, American Hollow profiles the Bowling family and its seven generations
: in Appalachia. Created as a companion volume to a 90-minute feature HBO
: documentary directed and produced by Rory Kennedy, American Hollow is a
: fascinating oral and visual history of the Bowling clan of Kentucky, a
: sympathetic and strength-giving portrait of love and kinship in the face of
: hard times. Iree Bowling, the clan's sixty-eight-year-old matriarch, is the
: narrator of the family's struggle against poverty. Hanging steadfastly to
: their land, the Bowlings supplement their government checks by collecting
: bloodroot and ginseng. Photos from the Bowling family albums, still images
: from the film, and extraordinarily powerful pictures of the Bowlings today
: by award-winning photojournalist Steve Lehman lend depth and texture tot he
: story of an American family. The introductory essay is by Rory Kennedy, who,
: in the process of making the companion foreword by distinguished Harvard
: professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles, who worked in
: Appalachia as a young physician, speaks movingly of the history of the
: region. The voices of the Bowling clan, their joys and sorrows, are captured
: in the interviews written by writer and editor Mark Bailey."
:
: Here are a few sites pertaining to "American Hollow" that you may find of
: interest.
:
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/hollow/intro.htm
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: http://www.twbookmark.com/books/52/0821226312/
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: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0181287
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: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_iview/m1285/11_29/57590216/p1/article.jhtml
: (Interview with Rory)
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: http://www.upcomingmovies.com/americanhollow.html
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