American Hollow plot
For a year, documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy lived with the Appalache Bowling family in Saul, Kentucky, one of the poorest and most isolated parts of the Appalache region, or as it's popularly known as Appalachia. Because she got to know this family so closely, under the undisputed leadership of 68-year-old Iree Bowling, in her film 'American Hollow' she was able to record from the inside how difficult it is for this once proud people to survive in rural America. . Important living conditions such as education and medical care are hard to find, while the achievements of the modern age (cars, television) are entering their lives.