How ITVS meets audience where they really are (IndieWire)

READ

Menu

Applewise

A portrait of one family's struggle to maintain one of only two remaining family-run apple orchards in Wise County, Virginia.

Premiere Date

April 1, 1998

Length

30 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Anthony Slone

Producer

Born and raised in Hollybush in Knott County, Kentucky, Slone joined Appalshop as a film student in 1973. He makes his home in southwestern Virginia, where he filmed Applewise, as well as the Headwaters 100th episode on the legendary Carter Family, “Sunny Side of Life.” “Homemade Tales, a portrait of Slone’s mother, was also featured in the first Headwaters series. He has filmed, edited, and produced numerous films, including a profile of a former moonshiner in southwest Virginia, Whippin’ the Devil.