The Curse and the Jubilee

The Curse and the Jubilee (2018)

March 13th, 20180h 26min

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An intimate, arresting portrait of the cursed Appalachian mining town of Ivanhoe, Virginia. The film captures the town as it prepares for the annual Jubilee, a wild 4th of July celebration where families and neighbors let loose and triumph over daily hardships, industrial abandonment, and race.


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