This documentary goes out of it's way to challenge the stereotypes and the exploitation of the Appalachian people. I grew up in a small city but my family is from Appalachia and I went to college in a town in Appalachia that was too small to even have a store. We had to go to the next town for that. I have often been called a redneck or a hillbilly or been told I come from a family of inbreeders simply because my family is from West Virginia and Alabama. I have been ashamed of my family because of all of the negative stereotypes surrounding rural and mountain peoples. This documentary hits on this very thing.
This documentary touches on politics but it is not in any way have a liberal slant other than she says her family used to be a democrat and they voted for Trump and wanted to know why they and other people there voted for someone who in all other ways disrespects the values of the Appalachian culture. This is not political and leftist. This is actual journalism. Asking questions and not judging. It even explains how both the left and the right have increased the stereotypes of Appalachian people and have both co-opted the culture of the region for their own benefits. It shows that the area has people of different races, sexual orientations, political affiliations, ethnicities, etc. Just like anywhere else. It shows that Kentucky is not the generalized backwater boonies and that the Appalachia region is more than it is made out to be. It is actually one of the most non-biased docs I've ever seen.