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Big Lever - S1 E2

Premiered On: 01/13/2011

In 1978 Richard Nixon chose Leslie County, Ky., for his first public appearance since resigning the presidency. Priceless footage of his visit introduces this incisive and sometimes hilarious look at the engines that drive American politics. The film explores the machinations of party politics in this rural and staunchly Republican county. A 2011 Production.

• Thursday September 3, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday September 3, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY

Coalmining Women/In Ya Blood - S1 E3

Premiered On: 01/20/2011

Interviewed at home and on the job, women coal miners tell of the conditions that led them to seek employment in this traditionally male-dominated industry and the problems they encountered once hired. And, the story of a typical young man from Appalachia in the summer after his senior year in high school. He must face the difficult decision faced by many Appalachian youth - whether to stay in the mountains or leave in search of a "better life." A 2011 Production.

• Thursday September 10, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday September 10, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY

Hand Carved - S1 E4

Premiered On: 01/27/2011

Chester Cornett made chairs for Presidents and his work is displayed in museums across the country. In this film, Chester fells a tree on the site of his family's homeplace on the top of Pine Mountain in southeastern Kentucky and transports it back to his small apartment and workshop in inner-city Cincinnati. He uses simple hand tools to chop, whittle, and carve the wood into an exquisite, eight-legged, "two-in-one" rocker. A 2011 Production.

• Thursday September 17, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday September 17, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY

Buffalo Creek: An Act of God/Buffalo Creek Revisited - S1 E5

Premiered On: 02/03/2011

On February 26, 1972, a coal-waste dam owned by the Pittston Company collapsed at the head of a crowded hollow in southern West Virginia. The disaster left 125 dead and 4,000 homeless. Interviews with survivors, representatives of union and citizen's groups, and officials of the Pittston Company are juxtaposed with actual footage of the flood. Filmed ten years after the Flood, "Buffalo Creek Revisited" looks at the second disaster, in which the survivors' efforts to rebuild the communities are thwarted by government insensitivity and a century-old pattern of corporate control of the region's land and resources. A 2011 Production.

• Thursday September 24, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday September 24, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY

Strangers and Kin - S1 E6

Premiered On: 02/10/2011

The film traces the evolution of the "hillbilly" image through Hollywood films, network news and entertainment shows, dramatic renderings of popular literature, and interviews with contemporary Appalachians to demonstrate how stereotypes are created, reinforced, and often used to rationalize exploitation. A 2011 Production.

• Thursday October 1, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday October 1, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY

Recent

Sunnyside of Life - S1 E1

• Thursday August 27, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday August 27, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY

Beyond Measure - S1 E11

• Thursday August 20, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday August 20, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY

Sourwood Mountain Dulcimers/John Jacob Niles - S1 E10

• Thursday August 13, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday August 13, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY

Harriette Arnow/Ourselves and That Promise - S1 E9

• Thursday August 6, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday August 6, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY