• After watching “American Hollow” I have noticed a few things both good and bad. A couple of the good are that the spirit of the appalachian people is very strong and that we are very strong willed. It has also become evident that we are “Jack’s of all trades.” Secondly, I also noticed a few things that many of us see on a daily basis, for example…Read More

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  • American Hollow
    2 positive- It shows very many, small traditions & how different others are from you. It proves how hard it is to make a living.
    2 negative- How others are easily judged by how they speak & do certain things. It shows how impacted your life can be from the people around you.

  • Two positive aspects regarding the documentary, The American Hollow are; shows many differential types of cultures and gives a prime example of how many people live. Two negative aspects of this documentary are; it mostly shows the negativity bout the culture. It doesnt show the wide variety of the people there. It only shows the ones who at…Read More

  • The American Hollow has many traditions that follows the lives of the Bowling family as they fight to survive in dirt-poor mountains. Iree gave birth to 13 children, but only two have left to fight for better lives in Ohio while the rest have married and started their own families back home. Uneducated, unemployed, and violence and alcoholism go…Read More

  • Last week we watched a video about the hollow. In the video it showed many aspects of our region and the people. The video showed several things that would be considered a stereotype for the region. There are good and bad stereotypes, which the video showed many from the family. Two good ones are about the family relations and the hard,…Read More

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