Documentary
In 1967 Canadian filmmaker Hugh O'Connor came with a crew to eastern Kentucky to make a film showing people from all walks of life in the United States. They finished the day by filming coal miners and their families in rental houses. As the filmmakers were leaving, Hobart Ison, the owner of the property, drove up and fired three shots, killing Hugh O'Connor. Elizabeth Barrett, from Kentucky herself, explores why this happened by trying to understand the people and culture of eastern Kentucky.
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IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 1985
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IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 2025
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IMDB 7.1 | Jul , 2022
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IMDB 4.3 | Jun , 2010
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IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2007
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IMDB 5.6 | Aug , 2024
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2017
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IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2016
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IMDB 7.6 | Aug , 1988
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IMDB 6.3 | May , 2001
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IMDB 8 | Oct , 2008
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IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 2007
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 1996
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IMDB 3.6 | Mar , 1985
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IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 1983
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IMDB 4.3 | Jun , 2009
Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16 by a man who bragged to his friends that he 'bug-smashed a fag'. But Fred was part of an honored Navajo tradition - the 'nadleeh', or 'two-spirit', who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits.Appalachian Journey
IMDB 8.3 | Jul , 1991
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IMDB 0 | May , 2019
The Babes in the Wood Murders were the murders of two nine-year-old girls, Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, on 9 October 1986, by a 20-year-old local roofer, Russell Bishop in Brighton, England. Bishop was tried and acquitted in 1987. The case remained openuntil 10 December 2018, when Bishop was found guilty of the murders in a second trial. The investigation into the two girls' murders is the largest and longest-running inquiry ever conducted by Sussex Police. With exclusive access to police tapes, this is the remarkable story of how police finally brought a child killer to justice after thirty-two years.