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Up the Ridge, a film about remote Appalachian prisons, racism, and the intentional tension between rural and urban

Posted on August 9, 2008 by meredith

This very important film was produced out of Appalshop’s hiphop radio program, Holler to the Hood. The film synopsis reads: Up the Ridge is a one-hour television documentary produced by Nick Szuberla and Amelia Kirby. In 1999 Szuberla and Kirby … Continue reading →

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