A profile in courage of a different kind. This 90-minute documentary by Rory Kennedy (the youngest child of Robert and Ethel) chronicles a year in the lives of 68-year-old Iree Bowling, her husband Bass, and seven of their 13 children and their families. All
but one of the Bowling clan live in Mudlick hollow — a verdant, mile-wide valley situated among the remote rolling hills of Appalachian Kentucky. But this is no idyllic Dogpatch: The Bowlings live just above subsistence level and each family member is dependent on government assistance, $120
a week plus food stamps. To help make ends meet, the Bowling men work the woods of Mudlick, selling the carpets of m...
Released:
1999
Rated:
NR
Length:
86 mins