Description |
2 videodiscs (335 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, Region 1, Stereo, television presentation aspect ratio, 1.33:1. |
Performer |
Chris Johnson, Cody Perkins ; commentators include Sheila Johnson, Randall Johnson, Amy Johnson, Ann Thomas, Liz McGuire, Jessica Riddle, Tommy Riddle, Ray Riddle, Bill Stukenberg, Mitzi Crisp. |
Credits |
Editors, Sean F. O'Gara, Yu Ying Chou ; camera, Bill Arnold, Joe Seamans, Dave Miers ; original music score, Seth Justman ; |
Event |
Filmed during 1999-2002 in David, Kentucky. |
Note |
Originally broadcast on 9-11 January 2006, as episodes of the PBS television series Frontline. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Acclaimed producer David Sutherland returns to rural America to tell an epic tale of two boys coming of age in Kentucky's Appalachian hills, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives. It begins in the autumn of 1999, when Chris and Cody begin attending the David School, an alternative high school for troubled teens in David, Kentucky. Cody finds a new sense of belonging, not only in his home life with former step-grandmother, but through his heavy metal band, his faith in God, and his relationship with his girlfriend, whose parents become a second family for him. For Chris Johnson, the struggle to find his sense of purpose proves more intense and difficult. Chris is torn between his devotion to his family, his family responsibilities, and his desire to get an education despite his learning difficulties. |
Contents |
Disc 1, Pt. 1 Introduction -- Their stories -- Cody's temper -- Different families -- Newspaper -- Cody -- Partners -- Religion -- Winter graduation -- "It's a condom" -- Chris backs down -- Christmas -- Hustling for the paper -- Tattoos and nicotine -- Complications -- Mountain walk -- Final stretch -- Move -- End of the year -- Final straw -- Spring graduation -- Megaworship -- Rosanna (112 min.) Pt. 2 Darwin vs. religion -- "There is no normal family" -- Choir -- Cody's surrogate family -- "Can you help me out?" -- Ecstasy and agony -- Christmas -- Randall rules the roost -- Lover's spat -- Chris: working man -- Cody: left behind -- Kim: big trouble -- "Everything was crashing before my eyes" Hopefully things will work out -- Independence -- Cody's ill-fated visit -- Mary -- Taking care of business -- "You just broke my heart" -- Angels like you (110 min.). |
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Disc 2. Pt. 3 Chris starts over -- Guidance -- GED -- Rock -- Living single -- Future in-laws -- Future -- Getting focus -- Chris' graduation -- I've got more than one family now -- ACT -- Unconditional love -- "That's what buddies are for" -- Everything's going to be all right -- Goodbye, Dad -- "Valedictorian" -- Trip -- Cody's graduation -- Road ahead (113 min.). |
Note |
Special features: Interviews with David Sutherland, Chris & Cody (38 min.); Deleted scenes (35 min.); Music from the film; Music video by Ray Riddle "This Old Highway" (4 min.); Country Boys Community Engagement Campaign: Discussion guide (PDF) [requires a DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat]; The Farmer's Wife Trailer (3 min.). |
Language |
Closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Johnson, Chris.
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Perkins, Cody.
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Teenage boys -- Kentucky.
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Teenage boys -- Kentucky -- Conduct of life.
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Education, Rural -- Kentucky -- Case studies.
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Dysfunctional families -- Kentucky.
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Rural poor -- Kentucky -- Case studies.
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Appalachian Mountains.
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Kentucky -- Social conditions.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Sutherland, David, 1945-
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Anguish, Erin.
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Johnson, Chris.
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Perkins, Cody.
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David Sutherland Productions.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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Independent Television Service.
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PBS Home Video.
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Added Title |
Frontline (Television program)
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ISBN |
0793691249 |
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9780793691241 |
Standard No. |
841887006255 |
Music No. |
FRL62440 PBS Home Video |
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