Darlene Chronicles

This award-winning documentary chronicles the life of a destitute Appalachian family. Darlene, the housewife, conducts her daily routine: carrying water, fueling a coal stove, disciplining her children, and making ends meet. A personal record of poverty.

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[formsrose]

@Ranger4402 I doubt that you would feel sympathy for anyone, it's a mental illness some people have, we call them sociopaths.

[whatever23490]

and a awful wife...

[NiteStar131]

This lady comes from a different erra due to the ecconomic hardships in the area she was raised. The way she reprimands her children is probably milder than the way she herself was reprimanded. She is a good Mom, she attempts to be the best she can. They do not have TV and all the other garbage to clutter their lives and each day is filled with more struggle than most people would dare to undertake. Those of you who critisize have no humanity and have led spoiled lives, walk in her shoes

[ThePregnancySlaves]

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--- David Rockefeller

[ThePregnancySlaves]

David Rockefeller: Unashamed Predatory Globalist

"Some even believe we (the Rockefeller family) are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure---one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it."

--David Rockefeller, “Memoirs,” page 405

[dieselmac]

WOW! people sure are quick to throw stones.your talking about a 1970's women held up in a shack with 4 kids,no running water,no help from dad,no where to go and nothing to do.while she is pretty ruff on the kids they also look to be in good shape and well fed.lets put all of these people in her place and see how nice they can be day in and day out.she was born into this people I don't think she woke up one day and said (I think I'll be poor).glass houses,who will thow the first stone? remember?

[hotsaucemmmm]

Hope the kids were taken away from her!

[TheBlueridgemountain]

This is a sad story.... I would like to know if Darlene grew up in an abusive home as a child ?

I thank God for my sweet loving parents and my children and grandchildren along with my loving husband...

[tinker38801]

i think shes hot

[demarcos69]

Wow the daughter is a spitting image of the mother ...same mental retarded look

[tinderfungus]

10 minutes 22 seconds is enough watching for me. This creature is obviously the product of a similar upbringing. Horrible, nasty, useless waste of air. If there is any kindness in the US of Abusers, I hope those kids were taken from her, and placed into families who can show loving kindness and don't have to communicate through violence. Best place for her is in a padded cell or padded box, you know the depth, BITCH...

[tinderfungus]

I'm glad it's not just me who sees the abusive nature. Where's the love for the child? It took no more than 2 minutes of the actual family footage before you can hear her hit the child with the almost meter length of wood. which she comes back into the "kitchen" and places upon the cooker or worktop. She'll never read this comment, so it's a bit pointless, but if you bring up kids like her... you're trash, who deserves to be thrashed with birtch branches, or have you'r eyes removed, slowly.