Appalshop News

Appalachian Media Institute Kicks Off 35th Annual Summer Documentary Institute

Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute (AMI) is thrilled to be kicking off our 35th annual Summer Documentary Institute (SDI) next week.…

See Our Newest Film, "Wiley's Last Resort" at Seedtime 2023

As you may have seen on your local PBS station, our newest film, Wiley’s Last Resort , is out in the world as part of the national Reel…

Appalshop Abroad

Over the past three weeks, Appalshop staff fanned across Europe to revive our strong history of international partnerships. For decades we…

A Word from our Archive Director, Caroline Rubens

We are now eight months out since the morning of July 28 when we woke to find our community devastated by floodwaters and Appalshop…

Join Us For Film Screenings in Louisville & Lexington!

This March, we invite you to join us for a special screening of Calls From Home, an advance cut of Sylvia Ryerson’s documentary on mass…

Appalshop Archive Spotlight: Documenting Black Churches in Appalachia

"In order for Black lives to matter, Black lives need to be represented." - Josh Outsey Josh Outsey, Project Documentation Coordinator for…

AMI Documentary Earns Multiple Festival Selections

AMI's 2022 Summer Documentary Institute production “No Such Right: The End of Roe in Appalachia” was accepted into the LGBTQ Unbordered…

Our Roadside Theater Premieres New Play and New Website

Roadside believes that the change of the calendar isn’t just symbolic this time around. As you might know–2022 was a difficult year.…

Appalshop Annual Appeal - Letter from Executive Director Alex Gibson

What a year 2022 has been for us here at Appalshop. We’ve had several high moments, including the return of in-person events and…

Help us Create a Digital Community Archive

We're asking for our community's help in creating a digital community archive of the July 2022 flooding in Eastern Kentucky and Southwest…