On 9/28/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia: > > I recently saw this DVD and thought it might be something a few people on > the list might enjoy. > > Documentarian Jennifer Baichwal tells the stories behind the faces of the > Kentucky Appalachian inhabitants -- once labeled hillbillies -- who were > originally captured through the camera lens of photographer Shelby Lee > Adams 30 years earlier. Baichwal tracks the lives of two families who have > each endured their share of heartache throughout their struggle to resist > the influence of American popular culture. >
I think I've seen this one. Was there a discussion from critics/curators WRT the fact that many of his photos were staged, but (apparently) set up to look spontaneous, along with a longish discussion about the famous "pig kill" shot which was staged, even though pig kills hadn't been done in that town for about 20 years? If so, I saw it, and it's an excellent doc, and I highly recommend it. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
