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Author Archives: Herb Smith

Herb E. Smith makes films in Whitesburg, Kentucky. His films explore cultural, social, and economic issues of the Appalachian region. Smith's films and videotapes have been shown throughout the country, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Kennedy Center and internationally in Paris, Berlin, Rome, Calcutta, Bombay, Chengdu, and Jogakarta.

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A Step toward Fixing a County’s Economy

by Herb SmithFebruary 22, 2016July 8, 2020

There is nothing so fixed about the future that it can’t be un-fixed. —Myles Horton, the Highlander Center My family has been on the roller coaster of central Appalachia’s economy for the past 150 years. We have gone from subsistence agriculture to a coal-based boom; from the depths of the Great Depression to a World […]

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