Rich Hill
Inside these average American lives are futures far too often passed over or, worse, written off. This terrific film gives the teenagers their due.
Rich Hill
Rich Hill, Missouri (population 1,393) could be any of the countless small towns that blanket America’s heartland, but to teenagers Andrew, Harley and Appachey, it’s home. As they ride their skateboards, go to football practice, and arm wrestle their fathers, they are like millions of other boys coming of age the world over. But faced with unfortunate circumstances – an imprisoned mother, isolation, instability, and parental unemployment – adolescence can be a day-to-day struggle just to survive. With no road map and all evidence to the contrary, they cling to the hope that hard work will be rewarded and even they can live the American dream. Spending a year with these boys and their families, homegrown Missouri filmmakers Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos craft a tale that is cinematically rich and exquisitely intimate, and put a human face on rural poverty in a respectful and artistic way. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, RICH HILL is an irresistibly moving examination of the challenges, hopes and dreams of rural America’s youth.
Genre
Documentary,
Bio-pic,
Drama
Web Site
Runtime
91
Language
English
Director
Tracy Droz Tragos
FEATURED REVIEW
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
It is difficult to watch the penetrating documentary Rich Hill without imposing your own values and prejudices. I did. Watching the case-studies of three impoverished Missouri male adolescents, my despair over the degeneration of life in small-town America led to a constant inner dialogue with the ...
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NoHo 7 8.15.14 - 8.21.14
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