Basic Info
Release: May 02, 2022
Runtime: 27 min
Status: Released
The Pack Horse Librarians of Appalachia
2022
27 min
Overview
This documentary tells the story of pack horse librarians - women hired by the Franklin Roosevelt's Work Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression to travel on horseback to deliver library books and magazines to people in Eastern Kentucky, braving creeks, mountains and inclement weather along the way. This program is funded in part by a grant from the Carolyn Tassie Memorial Fund.
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Cast
Nina Valente
Narrator
Crew
Thomas Bickel
Producer
Thomas Bickel
Director
David Dampier
Cinematography
Qaaim Nayyir
Cinematography
Matthew Stice
Cinematography
Austin Traut
Cinematography
Brandon Turner
Cinematography
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