American Hollow (1999)
90 min
This documentary follows the lives of the Bowling family as they fight to survive in dirt-poor Appalachia. Matriarch Iree has given birth to 13 children, but only two have left to seek better lives in Ohio while the rest have married and started their own impoverished families near home. Uneducated and unskilled, all are unemployed, and domestic violence and alcoholism pose serious problems. The filmmakers explore the family's relationships through interviews and footage of their daily lives.
- Release date
- May 26, 1999
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Bascum Bowling as Self
- Clint Bowling as Self
- David Bowling as Self
- Edgar Bowling as Self
- Iree Bowling as Self
- Lanzo Bowling as Self
- Samantha Bowling as Self
- Wanda Bowling as Self
Crew
- Rory Kennedy · Director
- Mark Bailey · Writer
- Rory Kennedy · Producer
- Bill Frisell · Composer
- Nick Doob · Cinematographer
- Adam Zucker · Editor