In ya blood / produced by William B. Richardson ; directed by Herb E. Smith ; an Appalachian Film Workshop production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Smith, Herby, director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Richardson, Bill (Film producer and director), producer.

Appalachian Film Workshop, production company.

Appalshop, Inc., publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appalachians (People)--Drama.

Appalachians (People).

Youth--Appalachian Region--Drama.

Youth.

Genre:

Fiction films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (21 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Whitesburg, KY : Appalshop Inc., 1971.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Randy: "How long you worked in the mines?" Miner: "Twenty‑eight years. Straight. Nothing else. Don't know nothing else. Can't do nothing else ... It gets in ya blood." Appalshop's first dramatic film, In Ya Blood, is the story of a prototypical young man from Appalachia in the summer after his senior year in high school. In one of the only narrative films in Appalshop's catalogue, Randy, the protagonist, must make the difficult decision still faced by many Appalachian youth today -- whether to stay in the mountains or leave in search of a "better life." The film follows Randy as he struggles with his alternatives of working in the coal mines or going off to college. Shot in black and white by filmmakers the same age as those portrayed in the film, In Ya Blood is highly effective as an insider's look at the decisions faced by many teenagers as they consider their futures.

Participant:

Herb E., Ann Eversole, Dan Mohn, Gary Mullins, Glen Palumbo.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 22, 2025).

OCLC:

1531305309