APPALACHIA: A History of Mountains and People
A FILM SERIES BY JAMIE ROSS AND ROSS SPEARS
Narrated by Academy Award Winner, Sissy Spacek
APPALACHIA: A History of Mountains and People is the first environmental history series ever made. An all-star cast, including Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist E.O. Wilson and best-selling novelist Barbara Kingsolver, explore the intersection of natural history and human history in one of America’s grandest treasures.
Presented in four parts, the PBS series begins on Thursday, April 9 at 10 PM EST. Check your local station and come join us!
The filmmakers are eager to hear your thoughts and comments about the film. CLICK HERE to send your comments to the filmakers.
Check back often to get more information about the film and for a possible symposium coming in Spring 2009.
* Other family-friendly on-campus showings of single segments of the film series will be scheduled, and the
entire series will be broadcast on PBS during February 2009. A copy of APPALACHIA: A History of
Mountains
and People will be available to the faculty and students following the première.
Funded by a major grant from
the National Science Foundation
Additional funding provided by
the Arthur Vining Davis Foundatons
National Endowment for the Humanities
Southern Humanities Media Fund
Cherokee
Preservation Foundation
Appalachian
Regional Commission
Tennessee Arts Commission
further funding by the Humanites Councils of
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
West Virginia
Pennsylvania.
