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The Curse and the Jubilee
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The Curse and the Jubilee

Mar 13, 2018
0h 26m
★ 0.0

Overview

An intimate, arresting portrait of the cursed Appalachian mining town of Ivanhoe, Virginia. The film captures the town as it prepares for the annual Jubilee, a wild 4th of July celebration where families and neighbors let loose and triumph over daily hardships, industrial abandonment, and race.

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Documentary

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