Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning, 1910-1983

Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning, 1910-1983 - a film by Mimi Pickering (1988, Appalshop, Inc., 38 minutes, Color). "...Gunning suffered a life of bitter poverty which became the fuel for dozens of moving songs about working people, the mines, and the great coal strikes of the twenties and thirties. Gunning's a cappella roots music is intercut throughout the interviews and archival footage. A 1988 film by Mimi Pickering, available from Appalshop on DVD."