Herb E. Smith, August 16, 2015

Herb E. Smith, August 16, 2015

Whitesburg (Ky.)

Appalshop, Inc.

Childhood

Letcher County (Ky.)

Herby Smith discusses his family's roots in Appalachia, his education and boyhood in Whitesburg, and the earliest years at Appalshop, including his simultaneous efforts to earn a degree at Vanderbilt University while releasing his first films, "In Ya Blood" and "Judge Wooten and Coon-On-A-Log." Throughout the interview, Smith explains the politics and potential of Appalshop as well as its influences on him and his fellow Appalshoppers.

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Jeff Keith

Rayna Gellert

Herb Smith

Appalachian Region

Appalachians (people)--Kentucky--Social conditions

Motion pictures--Production and direction