BENEATH THE SURFACE WITH ROSEANNE BARR AND JOHNNY ARGENT
WED JUNE 24 2009 - 5PM
PRODUCED BY: CHRISTINE BLOSDALE

Shoot-outs, robberies, gas-huffing , drug dealing, pill popping, murders, and tap dancing --- what do these all have in common?  These are just a few of the parts of being a member of the White Family. They also happen to be the subjects of a brand new documentary by the folks who brought you Jackass: The Movie. The film is called The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia and today we’ll be speaking with the director, Julien Nitzberg.

MORE ON THE WILD AND WONDERFUL WHITES OF WEST VIRGINIA
Exploring both the comic and tragic sides of life on the other side of the law, this fast-paced family portrait exposes the powerful forces of corruption, poverty, and West Virginia’s environmentally and culturally devastating coal mining culture that helped shape the White family, a dying breed of outlaws preserving a dying form of dance. Over the course of one tumultuous year, the Whites deal with a stabbing, criminal sentencing, attempted murder, death and birth. 

To get more info on the film visit http://www.jackassworld.com/pages/wildwhites