Appalachian Stories: Fast Food Women/Mud Creek Clinic
Theater 3
Thursday, Mar 5, 2026 7:00 PM
Fast Food Women (1991) - An inside look at the lives of women who fry chicken, make pizzas, and flip burgers at four fast food restaurants in easter Kentucky. Documents the low wage, no benefits jobs in America’s new service economy.
Mud Creek Clinic (1986) - The Mud Creek Clinic was started in 1973 by a community in Floyd County, Kentucky who believed health care is a right, not a privilege. The film of the same name describes the formation of the clinic, explores the feelings among patients and community members that the clinic belongs to them, and draws a portrait of clinic director Eula Hall, who has long been involved in community struggles in Eastern Kentucky.