
This documentary follows the lives of the Bowling family as they fight to survive in dirt-poor Appalachia. Matriarch Iree has given birth to 13 children, but only two have left to seek better lives in Ohio while the rest have married and started their own impoverished families near home. Uneducated and unskilled, all are unemployed, and domestic violence and alcoholism pose serious problems. The filmmakers explore the family's relationships through interviews and footage of their daily lives.

Bascum Bowling
Self

Clint Bowling
Self

Edgar Bowling
Self

Iree Bowling
Self


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May 26, 1999
1h 30m
6.2
Rory Kennedy
Mark Bailey
9

Moxie Firecracker Films
US

Samantha Bowling
Self
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