American Hollow
7.6
This documentary follows the lives of the Bowling family as they fight to survive in dirt-poor Appalachia. Matriarch Iree has given birth to 13 children, but only two have left to seek better lives in Ohio while the rest have married and started their own impoverished families near home. Uneducated and unskilled, all are unemployed, and domestic violence and alcoholism pose serious problems. The filmmakers explore the family's relationships through interviews and footage of their daily lives.
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Rory Kennedy Director · Mark Bailey Writer Bill Frisell Composer
United States release May 26, 1999 · Produced in United States
Production
Moxie Firecracker Films
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 26, 1999
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