The Mountain People

Duration: 24

Year Published: 1970

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Illustrates the extreme poverty which exists among the poor whites in Appalachia, pointing out their general dissatisfaction with government sponsored programs and politicians. Depicts several residents as they discuss their lifestyle and its problems, the causes, the possible solutions. Mentions their feeling that any action which might result in improved conditions would probably need to be initiated on the local level and not the federal level.

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