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Rich Hill (2014)

Rich Hill poster
Directed by
Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 75 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows three teenagers living in the small town of Rich Hill, Missouri. It shows their daily struggles with poverty and family hardship.

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What happens

Rich Hill is a 2014 American documentary film co-produced and directed by Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos about Rich Hill, Missouri. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for a documentary. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, The Orchard and Independent Lens acquired distribution rights to the film. Independent Lens broadcast the film nationally on PBS, while The Orchard distributed the film in the U.S. and Canada outside of linear broadcast. The film was released on August 1, 2014, in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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