Although it uses the backstory of mountain dancing and Jesco’s troubled life and drug abuse as a starting point, it quickly moves into hyper-fictionalized territory by introducing a revenge subplot, torture and murder, and visions of God amidst self-mutilation. Derek Castle – son of Bo White; brother of Kirk White. Watch, "The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia" and meet Hank Jr.'s real son, Hank 3. My documentary The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival and I was asked to tell you, the kind folks who read The Huffington Post, a little bit about it. With rural America on everyone’s mind following last year’s election, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia has become timely once again. Taking Jesco and his late father, D. Ray White, the originator of their style of mountain dancing, as a jumping-off point, Nitzberg and his crew followed the extended White clan for a year, using their unfiltered access to capture a broad panoply of working class, rural Americana. All they need is a recognizable Don and a penchant for hired assassins and they'd be a countrified Cosa Nostra. The film functions the same way. The demons inside them? Don't be fooled or misguided by the slum dog. Here you'll get to meet the White family and you'll enjoy the introduction. Nitzberg clearly wants to show us that the sins of the father don't fall too far from the rest of his relatives. He represents Jesco's fun loving side, the desire to entertain and enjoy life, to tap his toes and crack people up. It’s a wild ride with the family known as “Appalachian royalty” and, according to musician Hank Williams III, “the true rebels of the South.” It’s also a can’t-look-away freakshow that meshes perfectly with the aesthetic of the Jackass shows created by Knoxville and most likely enjoyed by everyone profiled in the documentary, though I can’t imagine that many of them heed the show’s “don’t try this at home” warnings. This page was last edited on 16 August 2020, at 18:13 (UTC). The legendary family is as known for their wild, excessive criminal ways as they are for their famous mountain dancing members, including Jesco White, the star of the cult classic documentary "Dancing Outlaw." It’s a fascinating and demented nightmare of a film, however, and channels a bit of Cormac McCarthy in its final third, as the Jesco stand-in retreats to the forest to live in the hollow of a tree while local authorities hunt him. Has Maggie Smith Been Playing Herself All This Time? It's a great film and a great ride. She does, though it’s only a temporary ray of sunshine in the otherwise sad and depressing, but compellingly watchable tale. William Olsson's Lost Girls and Love Hotels finds optimism in its message that life tears us apart and puts us back together again differently. With its cinema verite style and the brazen honesty of its subjects, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia becomes an instant classic, a kind of post-modern revisionism of such previous family oriented documentaries as Grey Gardens and Brother's Keeper. Seen through the ... See full summary », In New Hampshire, a legend is buried.

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