MOUNTAIN GENIUS
MOUNTAIN GENIUS (Network Presentation)
About 6 years ago I had the unexpected pleasure of meeting this group of fella's on a personal trip to a beautiful rural Civil War town in West Virginia. I was searching for a short subject for a documentary and the Appalachian winds seemed to blow them my way.
I made the short film and fell in love with them in the process. They are some of the smartest, funniest, most honest and loyal folk you can know. And they are endlessly entertaining. They are a family and I knew they would make great television.
6+ years, a few film festivals, lots of pitches and plenty of rejection later, the winds of the Holler brought us back together.
In December 2011, Country Music Television (CMT), a Viacom Network, decided they'd like us to make a series about these boys. And they paid for us to go back to W. Va. to shoot what they called a "proof of concept" pilot. They wanted 20 minutes to prove that they are as engaging, talented and lovable as we know they are.
This here is the result of that shoot.
We hope this story continues on. Its in the network's hands now. We just want the opportunity to spend more time with these fellas. So our fingers are crossed.