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Directors: Dixie Kline, Matthew Rowe
Run Time: 30 min
Year: 2009
Category: Documentary Short
FILMMAKERS ATTENDING
This film is included in the ARKANSAS DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE, one of a series of short film showcases generously supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Synopsis: From 1968 until its closing in 1993, the theme park inspired by Al Capp's comic strip, "Lil Abner," located in the heart of the Ozarks, capitalized on the media popularity of "hillbillies" (Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Dukes of Hazzard) while simultaneously generating endless debate about the negative impact of the stereotype on the state's image. Dogpatch's success was short-lived, but the stereotypes upon which it was built live on.
