Participation Type
Film
Session Title
Oyler - A film of an Appalachian Neighborhood,raising from the ashes
Session Abstract or Summary
- This is a mixed presentation of film and panel.. The film OYLER, a documentary film by Amy Scott, produced in association with American Public Media's Marketplace, tells the story of a dramatic turnaround in one of Cincinnati’s poorest neighborhoods. Before 2006, very few kids from Lower Price Hill finished high school, much less went to college. The neighborhood is Urban Appalachian—an insular community with roots in the coal mining towns of Kentucky and West Virginia. The Panel following the film will be comprised of some possible participants: residents of Lower Price Hill, former and present Principal of Oyler, and a student highlighted in the film, and workers in the neighborhood. and Amy Scott, producer of film.
Presentation #1 Title
Oyler - A film of an Appalachian Neighborhood,raising from the ashes
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
This is a mixed presentation of film and panel.. The film OYLER, a documentary film by Amy Scott, produced in association with American Public Media's Marketplace, tells the story of a dramatic turnaround in one of Cincinnati’s poorest neighborhoods. Before 2006, very few kids from Lower Price Hill finished high school, much less went to college. The neighborhood is Urban Appalachian—an insular community with roots in the coal mining towns of Kentucky and West Virginia. The Panel following the film will be comprised of some possible participants: residents of Lower Price Hill, former and present Principal of Oyler, and a student highlighted in the film, and workers in the neighborhood. and Amy Scott, producer of film.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Nancy Laird has worked in Lower Price Hill for over 30 years with the Urban Appalachian Council now Urban Appalachian Community Coalition. She is connected to Oyler as a resource for the families and for Cultural Trainings.
Melissa Cornelius is a long time resident of Lower Price Hill and her children attended Oyler and the oldest graduated in 2011. She is an activist in the neighborhood for UACC and for the drug coalition.
Omope Daboiku has been a long time collaborator with the Urban Appalachian Council in Lower Price Hill. She has been a Professor at Cincinnati State and has recently moved to Dayton where she is active with Sinclair University.
Oyler - A film of an Appalachian Neighborhood,raising from the ashes
This is a mixed presentation of film and panel.. The film OYLER, a documentary film by Amy Scott, produced in association with American Public Media's Marketplace, tells the story of a dramatic turnaround in one of Cincinnati’s poorest neighborhoods. Before 2006, very few kids from Lower Price Hill finished high school, much less went to college. The neighborhood is Urban Appalachian—an insular community with roots in the coal mining towns of Kentucky and West Virginia. The Panel following the film will be comprised of some possible participants: residents of Lower Price Hill, former and present Principal of Oyler, and a student highlighted in the film, and workers in the neighborhood. and Amy Scott, producer of film.
