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Set in the heart of America's bible belt, Welcome To Shelbyville follows a small Southern town as they grapple with rapid demographic change and issues of immigrant integration. Shot between the 2008 Presidential election and spring 2009, the film captures the complexity of the African American...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Snyder, Kim A. (Director, Producer), Zagar, Jeremiah (Film editor), Poschman, Greg (directory of photography.)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
In English.
Subjects:
Shelbyville (Tenn.) > Emigration and immigration.
Shelbyville (Tenn.) > Social conditions.
Somalis > Tennessee > Shelbyville.
Refugees > Tennessee > Shelbyville.
Réfugiés > Tennessee > Shelbyville.
Somalis
Social conditions
Emigration and immigration
Refugees
Tennessee > Shelbyville
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Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:Set in the heart of America's bible belt, Welcome To Shelbyville follows a small Southern town as they grapple with rapid demographic change and issues of immigrant integration. Shot between the 2008 Presidential election and spring 2009, the film captures the complexity of the African American, Latino, white and Somali subjects as their lives intertwine against the backdrop of a crumbling economy and a promising new Administration.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Originally broadcast on the television program Independent lens.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 62 min.) : sound, color
Playing Time:Pl:ay:in
Production Credits:Edited by Jeremiah Zogar ; director of photography, Greg Poschman ; executive producer, Ellen Schneider ; co-producers, Sarie Horowitz, Katherine Pickard, Gwyn Welles ; co-editors, Benjamin Gray, Jeremy Stulberg.