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

We recently sat down with A Dale Josey on Aging With Grace 55+ to chat about our newest AARP grant to improve sidewalks and add a mural in Jenkins, KY. Have a listen! https://lnkd.in/gFurc6GK

John Jacob Niles is a portrait of the adding machine repairman who came to Eastern Kentucky in 1909, “heard the songs [his] father sang,” and became a much-noted “arranger, expander, collector, recorder, and performer” of traditional Appalachian ballads. Niles played an important part in the national “discovery” of Appalachian folk music. He describes how he travelled with the photographer Doris Ulmann through the 1920s and 30s — she taking pictures of the people, and he learning their songs. The film shows Niles in concert, at home, at work arranging his music, and explaining the historical place of balladry in American music. Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/1VQniX8 📸 Appalshop, “John Jacob Niles,” Bill Richardson, Mimi Pickering, Ben Zickafoose, 1978 #JohnJacobNiles #Songs #Traditional #AppalachianBallads #AppalachianFolkMusic #Travels #DorisUlmann #Concert #ArrangingMusic #Balladry #AmericanMusic #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DocumentaryFilmmaker #Indie #IndieFilm

In celebration of Tom Hansell's 2002 documentary "Coal Bucket Outlaw" reaching over half a million views on YouTube, Aaron Asbury, Appalshop's Visual Communications Manager, took some time with Tom Hansell to chat about the film and the impacts. Watch it here: https://loom.ly/6qNF1Lk #Coal #CoalBucket #Outlaw #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DocumentaryFilmmaker #Indie #IndieFilm

Appalshop is proud to announce we received a grant from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (HOKC) to purchase a van! With this vehicle we will be able to offer tours to visitors, plan field trips for our Appalachian Media Institute interns, and be better engaged in the community. Thank you, Kentucky Colonels!

“Belinda Mason’s warmth, wisdom, and determination has provided us with a legacy that should inspire us for decades to come. … In contrast to excessive and unreasonable fear of HIV, we should all be worried about losing our humanity by failing to respond, for, as Belinda said, ‘In all of human history, there has never been a cure for that.’” — National Commission on AIDS Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/A3SYZ-s 📸 Appalshop, “Belinda,” Anne Lewis, 1992 #AIDS #HIVAwareness #BelindaMason #EasternKentucky #AIDSAdvocacy #HIVEducation #AIDSPrevention #HumanRights #RuralCommunity #SouthernBaptistConvention #PersonalStory #SmallTownJournalist #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DocumentaryFilmmaker #Indie #IndieFilm

Big announcement! Our board has named Tiffany Sturdivant as interim executive director of Appalshop. Tiffany will serve as interim for one year, during which she will be a member of a leadership team that will work in participatory and collaborative ways to guide Appalshop through this transition. Learn more and read a Q&A with Tiffany on our blog: appalshop.org/news

“…indelibly portrays an inspiring role model whose priorities influenced how she lived and helped others…” — Booklist “Belinda” is a film of extraordinary grace … fundamentally about what it means to be human and what it takes for a society and a church to remain human.” — Bangor Theological Seminary Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/A3SYZ-s 📸 Appalshop, “Belinda,” Anne Lewis, 1992 #AIDS #HIVAwareness #BelindaMason #EasternKentucky #AIDSAdvocacy #HIVEducation #AIDSPrevention #HumanRights #RuralCommunity #SouthernBaptistConvention #PersonalStory #SmallTownJournalist #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DocumentaryFilmmaker #Indie #IndieFilm

“Women are the place-keepers. Men roam. They want to go hunting and roaming and shooting things. Being one of those place-keepers [is the hardest thing about being an Appalachian woman].” Rest easy, Darlene. You are sorely missed, but may your memory guide us all. 📸 Humans of Central Appalachia on FB

Funny, down to earth, and never self-pitying, Belinda speaks with a moving eloquence of our need for a collective response to AIDS that is not crippled by racism, homophobia, fear or ignorance. The film features Belinda talking about her own experiences dealing with AIDS and the support she found within her rural community, and includes a presentation she made with her pastor to members of the Southern Baptist Convention: “People ask me if I think AIDS is a punishment from God. I can’t pretend to fathom what God is thinking, but maybe we should look at AIDS as a test, not for the people who are infected, but for the rest of us.” Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/A3SYZ-s 📸 Appalshop, “Belinda,” Anne Lewis, 1992 #AIDS #HIVAwareness #BelindaMason #EasternKentucky #AIDSAdvocacy #HIVEducation #AIDSPrevention #HumanRights #RuralCommunity #SouthernBaptistConvention #PersonalStory #SmallTownJournalist #Appalachia #Appalachians #AppalachianMountains #Mountain #MountainLife #MountainPeople #MountainStories #MountainArt #MountainMusic #EasternKentucky #Nonprofit #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DocumentaryFilmmaker #Indie #IndieFilm