Kentucky Movies

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973....

A Native American man trains a horse for the Kentucky Derby.

The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and...

Director Andrew V. McLaglen's 1961 drama, based on John William Fox's novel, is the tale of a young man returning home after fighting in the Civil...

Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.

A girl owns a horse, and hires a boy as a trainer. The horse enters a race and is injured. The boy takes job at another stable and is semi-seduced by...

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New York stage. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and her...

Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood in order to sell the sponsor's product Ippsie-Wippsie Washcloths. In...

An action/thriller set in 1977 about four friends who reunite for a bachelor party to hunt for buried Prohibition money on Kentucky's Bluegrass...

Revisit photographs created by Kentucky school children in the 1970s and the place where their photos were made. Photographer and artist Wendy Ewald,...

The fabled past of this iconic college basketball powerhouse is examined and reflected upon by some of the program's most notable figures, including...

Cryptozoologists journey into the forests of Kentucky to gather evidence of a canine/human hybrid.

This Traveltalk series short visit to Kentucky starts with a view of the Cumberland River, which flows for about 700 miles through the state. The...

A film director travels to Kentucky to seek out local talent for a hillbilly musical film. There, he gets kidnapped.

During World War I, African-Americans worked on the railroad near Corbin, Kentucky. When whites returned from the war, there was conflict. Whites...

The Last Stand of Norway, two teenage friends, Kenneth and Lenny, must defend their homeland when American forces, led by the power-hungry General...

The wagon train on the way to Kentucky has to lighten the loads to get across the mountains and battle Indians.

Examines the life and career of John Calipari, one of the most polarizing figures in modern college basketball, weaving his story around that of his...

Sam Martin grows up in the Kentucky hills with a preacher as his closest friend and father figure. The young man goes away and gets an education, and...