BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Movies & Screenings DESCRIPTION:About the film\n\nSylvia\, a young radio DJ\, hosts “Calls from Home”\, a weekly radio call-in show in rural Kentucky that sends messages and shouts-out to people incarcerated in prisons throughout Central Appalac hia\, allowing the inmates and their families to bridge the iron bars of th e corrections system and share a much-needed connection. Director Sylvia Ry erson will be at this event to introduce the film.\n\nAbout the director/sp eaker\n\nSylvia Ryerson is a fifth year PhD candidate in American Studies a t Yale. Before graduate school\, she worked for nine years as a DJ and radi o journalist for WMMT F.M. in Whitesburg\, Kentucky.\n\nAbout the series\n\ nDue to the resounding success of the series launch during 2022-2023\, we a re thrilled to present the 2nd annual From the Hills and Hollers: Appalachi an Film Series for 2023-2024.\n\nThe series seeks to foster a deeper connec tion between the Athens city and university communities and the cultural le gacy of the surrounding region through films that examine the many facets\, both positive and negative\, of life in Appalachia. This batch of films is \, in large part\, the product of filmmakers who have intimate knowledge of living in this environment and\, as a result\, are well-suited for represe nting the realities of Appalachia on the big screen.\n\nShort introduction/ lectures will provide context for the film and introduce the underlying iss ues represented in film and other media. All events in the series are prese nted with free admission.\n\nThis screening will take place at the Athena C inema located at 20 S. Court St.\n\nThis series is sponsored by the 2023 Ap palachian Studies Association Conference\, the OHIO Honors Program\, Center for Campus and Community Engagement\, Multicultural Center\, Black Student Cultural Programming Board\, Hocking Athens Perry Community Action Program \, Athens County Public Libraries\, University Libraries\, the College of H ealth Sciences and Professions\, College of Arts and Sciences\, University College\, Honors Tutorial College\, Center for Advising\, Career\, and Expe riential Learning\, OHIO Fellows\, and the Ohio Arts Council. DTEND:20240419T010000Z DTSTAMP:20240521T170623Z DTSTART:20240418T230000Z GEO:39.328395;-82.100838 LOCATION:Athena Cinema SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:From the Hills and Hollers: CALLS FROM HOME: PRISON RADIO IN APPALA CHIA with Sylvia Ryerson UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_43906230763032 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/from_the_hills_and_hollers_calls_from_h ome_prison_radio_in_appalachia_with_sylvia_ryerson END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR