Remembering the High Lonesome

Profiles filmmaker, photographer, artist, and musician John Cohen. The film examines the birth of a new artistic ethic and counterculture through John Cohen's involvement with the Beat Generation, abstract expressionist painters, and the Folk Music Revival, and it explores the role of an outsider documenting the life and arts of an Appalachian community.

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[neptina]

I can't believe anyone would criticize him for making the movie because he was an "outsider". Sometimes people from outside the "scene" are the best ones to record it because their view is fresh. Besides, this is an important part of American history and culture that has now been perserved for future generations to discover with new passion.

[BlindPigAndTheAcorn]

Neat! I'm lucky-that I get to hear original Appalachian Music on a regular basis-straight from my kitchen.

[pomea]

Was JCohen really beat? He was a beaut!

[inuismyfav]

thats kinda interesting