Judi Jennings, May 17, 2018

Judi Jennings, May 17, 2018

Union College (Barbourville, Ky.)

Education--Kentucky

Education, Higher--Kentucky

Career changes

Kentucky Humanities Council

Proposal writing for grants

Appalshop, Inc.

Women political activists

Politics and government

Traveling theater

Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life and customs.

Appalachians (People) in motion pictures

Ethnographic films.

Motion pictures--Social aspects

Regionalism--Appalachian Region

Lexington (Ky.)

Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Whitesburg (Ky.)

Coal mines and mining

Gender

Fund raisers (Persons)

O'Connor, Hugh, 1894?-1967

Motion pictures--Philosophy

Phenix, Lucy Massie

Barret, Elizabeth

Sundance Film Festival

Motion pictures--Editing

Documentary films

Appalshop Film and Video

Jennings, Judi 1947-

Jeffrey A. Keith interviews Judi Jennings, an Appalshop, Inc. board member, fund raiser, and the director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Jennings discusses her professorship at Union College, which she was hired for shortly after receiving her PhD in History from the University of Kentucky. Jennings discusses how her experiences at Union College, located in Barbourville, Kentucky, influenced her to become more involved in Appalachian scholarship. She tells Keith about her travels in London, England after leaving her professorship, and the positions in state government she worked in after returning to the United States. Jennings tells Keith how her grant writing experience from working at the Kentucky Humanities Council allowed her to join Appalshop as a fundraiser in the 1980s. Jennings recalls her contributions to and experiences with various Appalshop films, particularly “Strangers With A Camera” and “Strangers and Kin.” Jennings discusses the cultural and personal impact of these films on her life, as well as how their production affected the employees of Appalshop. Jennings discusses Appalshop culture, particularly in terms of gender and economic background. Jennings tells Keith about her life after working for Appalshop and her involvement after leaving the organization in 1991.

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Jeffrey A. Keith

Judi Jennings

Professorships

Appalachian students

Appalachian scholarship

Career jobs

Grant writing

Government jobs

Archives jobs

Appalachian Region, Southern--Culture

Roadside Theatre

Cultural films

Strangers and Kin (Motion picture)

Film screenings

Appalachian stereotypes

Appalachian towns

Social relationships

On Our Own Land (Motion picture)

Broadform deed

Films about coal

Appalachian colonization

War on Poverty

Stranger With A Camera (Motion picture)

Jeremiah (Ky.)

Letcher County (Ky.)

Ethics of film