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Movie Review: An Indie Gem from Opiod Appalachia — “Hazard”

Ruined, emptied-out towns filled with rusting hulks of their mining past, long-shuttered storefronts, mobile homes twenty years past their expiration date, kudzu-overgrown Little League fields and locals who know they’re trapped even if they don’t know that ATV they just … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: A Back to Nature prophet tries to pass on his piece of “Paradise”

Western North Carolina has long been a home to those out-of-step with mainstream culture looking for land to settle on, and in many cases, live communally. When I covered the area for public radio stations and later newspapers, you could … Continue reading

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