Footage from Appalshop Archive Featured in Rural Route Film Festival

Posted 03/05/13

On Wednesday, March 6, at 7pm, the Rural Route Film Festival - Best of/Shorts tour will be making a stop at the Appalshop Theater, bringing 11 of its very best short films about rural people and places from around the world.  Festival Director Alan Webber will be on hand to present the program, and we'll kick off the evening with a musical set by Rich and the Po' Folk.   The event is free with a suggested donation at the door.

The screening will include archival footage from Appalshop Archive's Mountain Community Television collection, featuring George Thompson, a street cleaner and self-taught guitarist from Norton, Virginia.  The full-length 30-minute profile of George will play in the Appalshop Gallery.   Other films in the shorts program comprise a fun and diverse collection of animated, documentary, narrative and experimental works, such as the South Dakota shocker,“A Short Film About Ice Fishing”, a documentary about a painter and his Montana ranch subject, and a macro experimental film on the bugs of Golden Gate Botanical Garden.   For program details visit ruralroutefilms.com/tour.

The Rural Route Film Festival is widely known for its program of cutting edge independent work by and about people and places outside of the mainstream media. For more information about the Festival visit ruralroutefilms.com.