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Making youth media in the mountains since 1988. A project of Appalshop.

09/24/2025

Today we remember Jim Webb - "Wiley Quixote" himself - on what would have been his 79th birthday. We thank Jim for the countless years he shared his radio extraordinaire knowledge with our interns. His presence is still deeply missed throughout Appalshop and throughout our community.

Here's Jim and some AMI interns on the WMMT FM airwaves for a Fall Audio Lab in 2012.

09/23/2025

“I will never be free from the things that oppress me unless and until I am actively working towards the liberation of somebody else.” - Beckie Rose-Bowman

Watch "Bootstraps" and "Signed Above; Felt Below" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/xdoDVeM

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, "Bootstraps, Signed Above; Felt Below," Riley Nunley and Hannah Damron, 2025.

09/22/2025

"Bootstraps" and "Signed Above; Felt Below" come together to form one powerful, educational documentary about survival, policy, and community in Appalachia amidst the implantation of the destructive "Big, Beautiful Bill." Activists, workers, and neighbors speak with raw honesty about illness, recovery, and resilience, reminding us that Appalachia’s greatest resource has always been its people.

Watch "Bootstraps" and "Signed Above; Felt Below" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/xdoDVeM

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, "Bootstraps, Signed Above; Felt Below," Riley Nunley and Hannah Damron, 2025.

09/17/2025

"I keep coming back to this idea of like, courageous love." - Sarah Ratliff, Pikeville Pride

Watch "Drag Me Home" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/op9y5CA

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, “Drag Me Home,” Deladis Haywood and Jessica Wright, 2025.

09/16/2025

"It takes guts to be a drag queen." —John Polly

Watch "Drag Me Home" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/op9y5CA

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, “Drag Me Home,” Deladis Haywood and Jessica Wright, 2025.

09/15/2025

"Drag Me Home" is a portrait of resilience, self-expression, and the chosen families at the heart of drag culture. Told through bold stories and bold voices, it captures the struggles and joys of finding belonging in places that don’t always make space for difference.

Watch "Drag Me Home" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/op9y5CA

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, “Drag Me Home,” Deladis Haywood and Jessica Wright, 2025.

09/10/2025

"But the love that I received coming into recovery, just simply because I was there trying something different you know, and...that's one of the biggest things they do, man: they tell you they love you." —Anthony Carter in "Leave It At The Loom"

Watch "Leave It At The Loom" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/Q4CyN8c

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, “Leave It At The Loom,” Olivia Conley and Grace Adams, 2025.

09/09/2025

Produced by Olivia Conley and Grace Adams as a part of the Appalachian Media Institute's Summer Documentary Institute, "Leave It At The Loom" is a story of struggle transformed into strength, and of weaving as both heritage and hope.

Watch "Leave It At The Loom" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/Q4CyN8c

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, “Leave It At The Loom,” Olivia Conley and Grace Adams, 2025.

09/08/2025

"Leave It At The Loom" is a tapestry of lives bound together by art, memory, and resilience. In the quiet rhythm of the loom, Gail and Robert Young carry forward traditions of teaching, music, and craft, while Anthony Carter finds in each thread a path of recovery and renewal.

Watch "Leave It At The Loom" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/Q4CyN8c

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, “Leave It At The Loom,” Olivia Conley and Grace Adams, 2025.

09/04/2025

You've asked, and the wait is almost over! 🎉

Starting September 8th, new films from the 2025 Summer Documentary Institute will premiere each Monday through the 22nd on Appalshop’s YouTube channel! Subscribe now so you don’t miss out: youtube.com/appalshop

08/29/2025

"If you want an Appalachian accent, you can't have mine." - Katie Dollarhide, "Searching for an Appalachian Accent,' 2002.

Watch the full film on the Appalshop YouTube page here: https://loom.ly/NiIOe_Y

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, "Searching for an Appalachian Accent," Charity Quillen and Kelli Caudill, 2002.

08/28/2025

Explore the stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding regional dialects, as perceived by both locals and outsiders in the 2002 AMI film "Searching for an Appalachian Accent."

Watch the full film on the Appalshop YouTube page here: https://loom.ly/NiIOe_Y

🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, "Searching for an Appalachian Accent," Charity Quillen and Kelli Caudill, 2002.

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