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Synopsis

HILLBILLY is a documentary film that examines the iconic hillbilly image in media and culture. The film explores more than a hundred years of media representation of mountain and rural people and offers an urgent exploration of how we see and think about rural America.

Cast

  • Michael Apted
  • Ronny Cox
  • Sam Gleaves
  • Crystal Good
  • bell hooks
  • Silas House
  • Amythyst Kiah
  • Billy Redden
  • Frank x Walker

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Metacritic

60
Nov 28, 2018

Some in the area have lost some hope, seeing so many of their neighbors fall for a candidate they knew to be a snake-oil salesman. But Hillbilly is forward-looking, believing there's something special about its region-specific variety of what elsewhere would be called rednecks or bumpkins.

Metacritic review by John DeFore
John DeFore
The Hollywood Reporter
60

While an effective rebuttal to media stereotyping, especially in its own portrayals of people of color and the LGBTQ community, Hillbilly feels less assured in dealing with the election, a subject that is getting a little tired but no less confounding.

Metacritic review by Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times