The Pack Horse Librarians of Appalachia

  • Run time: 27 min
  • Premiere: 2022. May 2.
  • Director: Thomas Bickel
  • Starring: Nina Valente

This documentary tells the story of pack horse librarians - women hired by the Franklin Roosevelt's Work Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression to travel on horseback to deliver library books and magazines to people in Eastern Kentucky, braving creeks, mountains and inclement weather along the way. This program is funded in part by a grant from the Carolyn Tassie Memorial Fund.

Discover

Nina Valente

Narrator

Art

Brandon Day

Graphic Designer

Crew

David Dampier

Cinematography

Qaaim Nayyir

Cinematography

Matthew Stice

Cinematography

Austin Traut

Cinematography

Brandon Turner

Cinematography

Directing

Thomas Bickel

Director

Editing

Sarah Kadish

Colorist

Production

Thomas Bickel

Producer

Sound

Brent Abshear

Sound Recordist

Brandon Cooper

Sound Recordist

Cody Fee

Sound Recordist

Brent Abshear

Sound Mixer