MoMA Celebrates Appalachian Filmmakers - WNYC Culture
That tension of holding the camera while living in the community is at the center of all Appalshop films. Appalshop filmmakers shoot, edit, release, and then, they stay. Relationships change and stories develop around them. “If I do something here, and I think it’s beautiful, but then someone from here sees it and thinks I’ve exploited us, then I have to live with that person,” says Willa Johnson, a 24 year-old Kentucky native and Appalshop filmmaker. “I have to see them everyday and for them to think I don’t love this area.”
