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GONE TO THE POOR HOUSE
Documentary (2008) (work-in-progress)
trt: 55 mins
a film by Rex Miller and Kim Quintal
edited and co-produced by Ted Roach
A stylized, interpretative glimpse at how the poor and downtrodden were once cared for in North Carolina. Set in and around Yadkin County, North Carolina, the story of the poorhouse institution is revealed through the recollections of residents, historical documents, and the remnants of the old poorhouse structures. Told through the narrative of Kim Quintal, whose family members lived and died in the Poorhouse.
The Film, shot in mini-DV and using archival footage and photographs, will be accompanied by an outreach program whose goal is to educate the public about how the poor were cared for in the past, and inspire them to critically evaluate the similarities and differences in the ways the poor are cared for today.
a fiscally sponsored project of the Southern Documentary Fund
and the Yadkin County Historical Society
TRAILER
TRT: 2:16