O’Conner got shot with a whole in his chest in 1967. He was a prominent Canadian filmmaker; in which, he was shot and killed, known as the “Stranger with a camera”.
-Setting: Kentucky
-Documents life here*Elizabeth Barret, wants to dig deep and find the meaning of this darkness, she was a neighbor, a wife of the stranger with a camera.
-“All’s Right “– depressing music - Canadian Broadcasting Company
-The focus started in the 1960s
Very POOR living conditions.
Christmas in Appalachia 1964 CBS Network B&W visual
Growing up in the coalfields, people lived very different lives.
The common experience of the human race in different parts in the world was a main theme that O’Conner was trying to express, (he was the front man).
Cross Sequence with different people in each square
Anne O’Conner tells stories about her childhood, showed a girl how a camera worked let the girl take pics of him. He had sensitivity for the people he was filming.
The miners had been very badly treated in Kentucky and they wanted to show this, “was this the American Dream?” =Some where giving them shit because they were showing the rest of the country there problems, and others were glad to show because they wanted to change it.
Film of a poor family with a lady that only passed the first grade, she could read but not write.
The majority of everyone was poor, but not everybody was poor.
John F. Kennedy was filmed through the poorest areas in Kentucky.
Social status determines how others see the town.
Images brings insulting film that shows the worst of the town.
People are afraid of change, especially people in the mines.
War on poverty was blamed on journalists and other media representation.
Camber of Commerce brought charges of sedation – the business people felt threatened and owners of the coal miners, but mass population didn’t feel threatened.
Can people film poverty but not represent the poorness that they display?
Everybody else resented welfare ad people who think they are more sophisticated than others.
Eastern Kentucky was being filmed by people around America.
It was brought and traced to O’Conner where he was shot in the chest because of all the people coming in with cameras.
Shot four or five times and shot into the lenses of the camera, as they ran with the camera equipment, the man was shot in the side of his chest. The man who was getting the picture taken of him watched it all with his daughter.
Daniel Boom Smith sentenced Hobert for 10 years and 1 year of parole. Asked him to get him out. Hobert never felt guilty about it, he thought he was doing a favor.
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