Melungeon Voices

Combining interview footage with many of the leading Melungeon researchers, as well as direct descendants from the earliest known Melungeons, the film offers a rich and well-rounded look at this controversial subject. The filmmakers traveled up the ridges, and back into the ‘hollers,’ meeting the Melungeons on their own ground. Along with modern day Melungeons talking on the porch of a cabin, at their kitchen tables, or out front of local churches, the film intersperses intriguing archival photographs with haunting scenes of mists rising from the mountains and clouds passing over worn headstones.

This film, created by Julie Williams Dixon and Warren Gentry, was released in 2007 after 7 years of filming and editing. It is based around the life work of Dr. Brent Kennedy, who tragically had a debilitating stroke before the film was completed. Brent did however see the film on several occasions, including the debut which was met with enthusiasm by standing room only crowds.