Appalshop, Inc

Appalshop started as a film workshop in 1969, and 50 years later we're still making films about Appalachia and so much more. We're a radio station, a theater, a public art gallery, a record label, an archive, a filmmaking institute, a community development program — telling our stories, in our voices, on our terms. #appalachia #appalachians #appalachianmountains #mountain #mountainlife #mountainpeople #mountainstories #mountainart #mountainmusic #easternkentucky #community #film #filmmaking #development #artgallery

??? The season of giving is here, and we need YOUR support! Over two years after the 2022 floods, the Appalshop Archive team is still hard at work recovering priceless artifacts of Appalachian history. This Giving Tuesday, December 3, help us continue restoring treasures like the "Appalshop Chair," designed and crafted by Chester Cornett during the filming of "Hand Carved" by Herb E. Smith in 1981. With just $50, we can hire a professional to restore this piece to its original glory. Ready to make a difference? You don’t have to wait for Giving Tuesday — our fundraiser is live now! Donate here: https://loom.ly/fcKRirY #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Archive #FromTheArchives #FromTheArchive #Archival #Preserved #Preservation #ReenvisionAppalachia #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday2024

Giving Tuesday is here, and we’re asking for YOUR help to support the Appalshop Archive in restoring items damaged in the 2022 floods. This fundraiser will help preserve treasures from our folk arts collection—wooden sculptures, handcrafted furniture, quilts, and more—allowing them to be exhibited and celebrated once again. Recovery is a slow process, and it takes a community. This Giving Tuesday, December 3, help bring Appalachian history back to life. Don’t wait—our fundraiser is live now! Donate here: https://loom.ly/fcKRirY #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Archive #FromTheArchives #FromTheArchive #Archival #Preserved #Preservation #ReenvisionAppalachia #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday2024

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Roving Pickets looks at the consequences of this change in Eastern Kentucky: severely reduced wages, chronic unemployment, families divided by outmigration, and in 1961 and 1962, the cancelation of union health insurance benefits and the threatened closing of the UMWA hospitals. Roving Pickets raises questions about poverty and empowerment, equality of opportunity, and the process of political change. Watch "Rough Side of the Mountain" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/UF_3KCw ?? Appalshop, "Rough Side of the Mountain," Anne Lewis, 1997 #Appalachia #CommunityOrganizing #EconomicJustice #SocialJustice #GrassrootsMovements #AppalachianHistory #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DocumentaryFilmmaker #Indie #IndieFilm

This past week, our Film department crew attended The University of Virginia's College at Wise Appalachian Heritage Week and hosted a presentation of Appalshop works, new and old! They showcased the 2000's classic "Stranger with a Camera," produced by Elizabeth Barret, as well as a five minute teaser of an upcoming Appalshop film, "Roof Over My Head," produced by Madison Buchanan, exploring houselessness in rural communities. Stay tuned for more updates on this film and other films coming soon from our Film department! And special thanks to Jared Sloan in the Office of Student Affairs and Amy Clark, Professor of Communication and Appalachian Studies, for inviting us to be a part of Appalachian Heritage Week.

Did you know our archive has a folk art collection? Help us this Giving Tuesday to restore some very special items--and ensure they are accessible to our community! Visit https://lnkd.in/gQ9zA8Ku for more info!

"Chronicles one of the most important resistance efforts of poor people in Appalachia … provides insight into the roots of citizen activism in the 1960s and into the political and economic barriers to democratic social change."— University of Kentucky Watch "Rough Side of the Mountain" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/UF_3KCw ?? Appalshop, "Rough Side of the Mountain," Anne Lewis, 1997 #Appalachia #CommunityOrganizing #EconomicJustice #SocialJustice #GrassrootsMovements #AppalachianHistory #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DocumentaryFilmmaker #Indie #IndieFilm

WOW! Thanks to your support, we raised $4,675.13 for our hurricane relief raffle! ???? Huge thanks to everyone who participated, shared our posts, and contributed artwork to the bundles! We're thrilled to pass on your donations to the Appalachian Helene Response Fund, hosted by the Appalachian Funders Network. Stay tuned for the donation update! As far as the raffle prizes, the four winners have been drawn and contacted - congrats to them! And thank you to ALL PARTICPANTS for your willingness to help our neighboring communities in their time of need! #Appalshop #AppalachianFundersNetwork #AppalachianHeleneResponseFund #Hurricane #HurricaneHelene #HurricaneMilton #HurricaneRecovery #HurricaneRelief #Recovery #Relief

The decade of the 1950s was a period of massive change in the coal industry. Small coal operators were unable to keep up with the mechanization taking place in large mines owned by auto, steel and energy conglomerates and began to abrogate their union contracts to reduce costs. Roving Pickets looks at the consequences of this change in Eastern Kentucky: severely reduced wages, chronic unemployment, families divided by outmigration, and in 1961 and 1962, the cancelation of union health insurance benefits and the threatened closing of the UMWA hospitals. Watch "Roving Pickets" on YouTube here:https://loom.ly/c7RpQ94 ?? Appalshop, "Roving Pickets," Anne Lewis, 1991 #RovingPickets #CoalMiners #WarOnPoverty #WorkersRights #EconomicJustice #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DocumentaryFilmmaker #Indie #IndieFilm