Join us on Thursday, July 28, 6:30 p.m. for a screening of Hillbilly, an award-winning documentary that explores a nuanced, authentic Appalachia that is quite conscious of how it has been portrayed and the impacts of those portrayals. 

Featuring bell hooks, Ronny Cox and Billy Redden from Deliverance, director Michael Apted, activists and writers Frank X Walker, Crystal Good, and Silas House, and musicians Sam Gleaves and Amythyst Kiah, Hillbilly arrives at a crucial moment, confronting depictions of Appalachian and other rural people on a broad, national level.

The documentary deconstructs mainstream representations while asking crucial questions: Where did the hillbilly archetype come from and why has it endured on-screen for more than a hundred years? How does it relate to the exploitation of the land and people who live there? How do Appalachian and rural people view themselves as a result of these negative portrayals, and what is the impact on the rest of America?

The event is FREE but a $5 donation is suggested (all proceeds go towards the museum's educational and public programming)