Appalachian Journey 32 years old

Appalachian Journey is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). It offers songs, dances, stories, and religious rituals of the Southern Appalachians. Preachers, singers, fiddlers, banjo pickers, moonshiners, cloggers, and square dancers recount the good times and the hard times of rural life there. Performers include Tommy Jarrell, Janette Carter, Ray and Stanley Hicks, Frank Proffitt Jr., Sheila Kay Adams, Nimrod Workman and Phyllis Boyens, Raymond Fairchild, and others, with a bonus of a few African-Americans from the North Carolina Piedmont. Narrated by Alan Lomax. The Association for Cultural Equity’s Alan Lomax Archive channel on YouTube additionally streams outtakes from this film: other strong performances by Sheila Kay Adams, Dellie Norton, and Cas Wallin, Lawrence Eller, the Hickses, Algia Mae Hinton and John Dee Holeman, Tommy Jarrell, John “Doodle” Thrower, and Nimrod Workman.

Credits

Appalachian Journey Cast

Name Character
Alan Lomax He was 76, 87 years old when he died as Himself

Appalachian Journey Crew

Name Department
Alan Lomax as Director. He was 76 (87) years old when He died Directing
Mike Dibb as Producer. He was 51 (now 84) years old Production
Appalachian Journey poster
Appalachian Journey (32 years)

  • Release day: Friday, July 19, 1991
  • Runtime: 58 minutes