Appalachian Studies: Videos
Online Videos
Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining, a video report produced by Yale Environment 360 in collaboration with MediaStorm, focuses on the environmental and social impacts of this practice and examines the long-term effects on the region’s forests and waterways.
Muslims in Appalachia: Islam in Exile
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This program examines the surprisingly rapid growth of Islam in the heart of America’s Bible Belt, a predominantly fundamentalist Christian locale. Yet for Muslims living in Appalachia, the daily challenge lies not so much in acceptance by their neighbors as with practicing their religion in a country whose overall culture is so often at odds with their own beliefs. Interviews with refugees living in the region and with experts in American Islam reveal the resiliency of a faith that can thrive in exile. The history of Islam, Islamic contributions to the arts and sciences, and common ground between Muslims and Christians are also highlighted.
Youth-made videos at the Appalachian Media Institute
- Appalachian Media InstituteSince 1988, the Appalachian Media Institute has provided opportunities for young people from across Central Appalachia to explore their home communities, address local issues, and become thoughtful, engaged citizens through the process of place-based media making.
Videos Available in the Library
- Appalachia a history of mountains and peopleCall Number: F217.A65 R67 2009
- Beyond measure: Appalachian culture and economyCall Number: HN79 .A13 B4 1995
- Black diamonds: Mountaintop removal and the fight for coalfiled justiceCall Number: TN23.2 .B553 2006
- From my grandmother's grandmother unto meCall Number: F217 .A65 F76 1990
- Hillbilly: The real storyCall Number: GN392 .H555 2007
- Music in the old time way: Traditional music and musicians from the Southern AppalachiansCall Number: M294 .M9 1986
- Strangers and kin: A history of the hillbilly imageCall Number: HC107 .A13 S87 1983
- The Appalachians: A land shaped by the people, a people shaped by the landCall Number: F217 .A65 A662 2005
The Carter Family: Will the circle be unbroken by
ISBN: 1415714460- The mountaintop removal road showCall Number: TD195.C58 M68 2000z