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Bright Morning Stars: The Johnsons of Hemphill

Ethan Payne
United States, 2021, 17 min.

In English.

Mabel and Gwen Johnson are pillars of their post-coal community in Eastern Kentucky. Faced with unspeakable obstacles, they pulled together and started a community center and a bakery.

Category: Documentary.

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