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THE CURSE AND THE JUBILEE

Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan · USA · Documentary · 25 min · ♥︎ 481

Directed by Otis Ike, Ivete Lucas · 2011

An intimate portrait of Ivanhoe, Virginia, a struggling Appalachian mining town, as it prepares for its wild annual Fourth of July Jubilee.

A vivid, unvarnished look at a forgotten town letting loose against hardship.

THE CURSE AND THE JUBILEE is an intimate, arresting portrait of the cursed Appalachian mining town of Ivanhoe, Virginia. The film captures the town as it prepares for the annual Jubilee, a wild 4th of July celebration wh

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