APPALSHOP

Today Appalshop operates a radio station, a record label, an archive, a filmmaking institute, a reproductive justice program, a community media program, and a frankly dizzying array of other initiatives, all from beautiful Letcher County, Kentucky... By the end of the 1990s, Appalshop's staff had more than doubled and its annual budget had increased as much as 400 percent. Several NEA Challenge Grants in the late 1980s allowed Appalshop staff more independence to access seed funding for new project development; Roadside Theater alone toured to 43 states and Europe... Appalshop started as a film workshop in 1969, and 50 years later we're still documenting and revitalizing the traditions and creativity of Appalachia.

Primary location: Whitesburg United States