Following the film at 7:40 PM EDT, watch a live discussion with directors Elizabeth Barrett and Wendy Ewald, with special guests Russell Akemon, Kim Akemon Boiling and Dee Davis, moderated by author&nbsp;Fenton Johnson.﻿PASSES NOT VALID ON SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE REQUIRED.

Thirty-five years ago, photographer Wendy Ewald published the remarkable PORTRAITS AND DREAMS: PHOTOGRAPHS AND STORIES BY CHILDREN OF THE APPALACHIANS. The result of a unique creative collaboration between Ewald and the students she taught at three rural schools in Letcher County, Kentucky, the photographs represented a rare opportunity for children living on the margins of American society to reflect on their lives and families.In this beautiful and deeply moving tribute to that collaboration, Ewald, whose artistic practice was formed through her experiences in Appalachia, returns to Letcher County to visit with her students, who are now adults with families of their own. As their collective memories are rekindled, what emerges is the unbreakable, timeless bond between teacher and student and the transformative power of art.

PORTRAITS AND DREAMS OPENING REMARKS

Photographer Wendy Ewald revisits the people and places in rural Kentucky that 35 years ago sparked her landmark collaboration, “Portraits and Dreams: Photographs and Stories by Children of the Appalachians.”

PORTRAITS AND DREAMS

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Following the film at 7:40 PM EDT, watch a live discussion with directors Elizabeth Barrett and Wendy Ewald, with special guests Russell Akemon, Kim Akemon Boiling and Dee Davis, moderated by author Fenton Johnson.

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