Home Media Magazine - May 11-17, 2008 - (Page 15)

a musical roMP through the ozark mountains with a handful of rascally modern-day hillbillies ª Entertaining and JOURNAL enlightening!º ± WINSTON-SALEM ª This beautifully shot film celebrates Missouri' s Ozark countryside and the way music can transcend conflicting attitudes, to bring and hold generations together.º ± Friends of American Old Time Music & Dance ª Explores the roots of hillbilly music. ####! Vibrant!º ± TORONTO EYE WEEKLY the Bilyeu clan keeps the old mountain repertoire alive, singing with a passion and grace that need no elaboration.º ± CHICAGO READER ª Descended from Ozark hillbillies and bound together by music, ª A rich journey through a cultural legacy.º ± INDIEWIRE In the 1800s a scrappy group of Scotch-Irish immigrants settled in the Ozark Mountains of Southwestern Missouri. Stereotyped as poor, lawless degenerates, these isolated hill folk over time became the butt of countless jokes and earned themselves the name ªhi llbillies.º This enjoyable documentary captures the wonderful sounds of hillbilly music by following three families of modern-day hillbillies back to their music-making roots. Leading the pack is singer/songwriter Mark Bilyeu from the band Big Smith, who delight audiences with their foot-stompin' repertoire of songs, including some passed down through generations ± twisted tales of moonshining and adultery alongside heartfelt stories of faith and life. Sumptuously shot on film and embellished by old photos and archival footage, HOMEMADE HILLBILLY JAM is both a celebration of modern-day hill folk and a vivid reminder of their hellraising, bootlegging ancestors ± all in all a salute to the hillbilly spirit, which refuses to die. SRP: $24.95 · Catalog #: FRF 913256D · 80 minutes, color · Short Film: ª On The Roadº · Extra Music tracks · Photos · outtakes · bios BONUS MATERIALS BOTH TITLES PRE-BOOK: MAY 20 STREET DATE: JUNE 24 Contact us at 800-229-8575 or email sales@firstrunfeatures.com A NECESSARY TACTIC? OR AN ACT OF REVENGE? After suffering heavy losses during air attacks on German factories, Winston Churchill orders cities to be targeted in order to smash German morale and cripple the Nazi war machine. Hundreds of thousands of German civilians are killed as incendiary bombs turn the center of cities like Hamburg and Dresden into tornados of fire. Sixty years later, a new debate is underway. Were these relentless aerial attacks on German cities, which killed so many and destroyed so much, a necessary tactic in the war against Hitler? Or was it an act of revenge? Using rare film footage (much of it in color) and stirring interviews with historians, former bomber pilots and survivors of the destruction, this extraordinary film brings to light the devastating allied air campaign against Nazi Germany. FACTS ABOUT THE ALLIED BOMBING OF GERMANY: · 1.4 million bombs were dropped on the Third Reich. · A firestorm can create winds of 150 mph andtemperatures of 1,500°F. · In combination with massive explosives that would blow the roofs off of buildings, Britain used of a huge number of incendiary stick bombs that would shoot flames well after the initial explosions, overwhelming German firefighting capabilities. · Firestorms in German cities turned air raid shelters into pressure cookers ± the asphalt boiled and fleeing pedestrians were sucked into the conflagration. SRP: $24.95 · Catalog #: FRF 913263D · 93 minutes, color & b/w · In English

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