Homemade Hillbilly Jam
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Hillbillies haven’t died off; they’ve simply become neo-hillbillies. Three families of musicians in the Ozark Mountains of Southwestern Missouri give new meaning to the word “hillbilly.” Float down the backwaters, soak up some old time religion, savor a washboard duel, and bask in the neon lights of the pseudo-hillbilly showtown Branson. Lean back and merge into hillbilliness.
Rick Minnich is an American independent filmmaker based in Berlin, Germany. His award-winning films include: HEAVEN ON EARTH (50 min., 2001, IDFA, Fipa d'Or Biarritz), HOMEMADE HILLBILLY JAM (80 min, 2005, HotDocs, True/False), FORGETTING DAD (84 min, 2008, IDFA - Special Jury Award, True/False, Full Frame, Hot Docs, Grand Jury Prize - GZ DOC Guangzhou, China, Shortlisted for the German Film Award 'Lola'), THE BOMB HUNTERS (52 min., 2015). Currently he is working on THE STRAIT GUYS (about the proposed Bering Strait tunnel project) and MR. GREENFIELD (about Holocaust survivor and presidential tailor Martin Greenfield). Visit him at www.rickfilms.de.
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