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Appalachia: Rich Land, Poor People

| 11 November 1968 (USA)

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National Educational Television" Wednesday, November 13, 1968 on NET's Brand New NET Journal Week on 1960 RCA TV. The land is rich with coal, yet its residents are denied adequate food, housing, or medical care. This, the Appalachian region, was the nation's first designated poverty area. This film focuses upon Eastern Kentucky where mechanization of the mines is replacing people and jobs. A lack of education and other working skills makes these residents prisoners of the land, as seen by a discerning interview with a local family.

Matialth

Good concept, poorly executed.

Beanbioca

As Good As It Gets

Voxitype

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Mathilde the Guild

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.