Appalachia Rising > Comments > "what a love letter!"
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- Rogi Riverstone
- Username: Rogi
- Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Joined PRX: Sep 22, 2008
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- "Appalachia Rising"
- Summary: SOTRU explores the misguided portrayal of the rural Appalachian region as a place of victims — a people at the mercy of the region's poverty or bigotry. We travel to southern West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky to examine how residents are balancing deep ties to their history while facing the future in a new way.
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what a love letter!
Rogi Riverstone
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 02:04 PM
My people are from Appalachia. They escaped debtors' prisons, indentured servitude, slavery and the Trail of Tears to live there. Now, there isn't one episode of SotR that hasn't moved me. But this one on Appalachia was so respectful, so profound, so loving. I grieve for my kin and my heart swells at our courage. Thank you so much.