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329:question:329--week_10_questions_comments-2020 [2020/10/29 12:54] – [IV.How does this movie work as a primary source about the time period in which it was made or the filmmakers?] 76.78.225.25329:question:329--week_10_questions_comments-2020 [2020/10/29 13:01] (current) – [V. The "So, what?" question] 73.40.104.245
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 I feel like this film at least attempts to give a voice to  truly communities in rural Appalachia, by simply putting mountain communities on screen It tries- albeit very imperfectly- to portray applicable folks in this part of the country as intelligent and autonomous, if if they are without a formal education. They are not saved by a well-educated high-brow flatfoot, as is the case with many movies about rural America. As a matter of fact, they weren't "rescued" at all. Even today, poorer folks in what many in cities have referred to as "flyover country" are forgotten or abused by Richmond, Charleston, and Washington, and yet they move on and embrace their work.  I feel like this film at least attempts to give a voice to  truly communities in rural Appalachia, by simply putting mountain communities on screen It tries- albeit very imperfectly- to portray applicable folks in this part of the country as intelligent and autonomous, if if they are without a formal education. They are not saved by a well-educated high-brow flatfoot, as is the case with many movies about rural America. As a matter of fact, they weren't "rescued" at all. Even today, poorer folks in what many in cities have referred to as "flyover country" are forgotten or abused by Richmond, Charleston, and Washington, and yet they move on and embrace their work. 
  
-Occasionally, a few will even save up some money to help their children grandchildren get a secondary education head off to college, grateful for the time their family labored in mills, mines, or tobacco fields. Then, we get to hear college people wax eloquent about their intellectual superiority to our friends and family who are just uneducated hicks who don't really know what's good for their own communities. True story. (Not referring to anyone, don't worry.) -Ethan+Occasionally, a few will even save up some money to help their children grandchildren get a secondary education head off to college, grateful for the time their family labored in mills, mines, or tobacco fields. Then, we get to hear college people wax eloquent about their intellectual superiority to our friends and family who are just uneducated hicks who don't really know what's good for their own communities. True story. (Not referring to anyone in this class, don't worry.) -Ethan
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