Mimi Pickering, August 17, 2015

Mimi Pickering, August 17, 2015

Politics and government

Documentary films.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Appalshop, Inc.

Mass media and technology.

Rural schools--Appalachian Region

Appalachians (People) in motion pictures

Appalachian Region--Social conditions

Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region

Mimi Pickering discusses her upbringing in the Bay Area of California, explaining her political awareness in the context of the 1960s. She describes her education at Antioch College, and how that led her to Appalachia where she became involved in labor politics and the black lung crisis. She also talks about her earliest efforts as a film editor and filmmaker.

video

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Jeffrey A. Keith

Rayna Gellert

Mimi Pickering

Childhood

Whitesburg (Ky.)

Antioch College.

Government agencies