The Curse and the Jubilee

March. 13,2018      
Rating:
7.3
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An intimate, arresting portrait of the cursed Appalachian mining town of Ivanhoe, Virginia. The film captures the town as it prepares for the annual Jubilee, a wild 4th of July celebration where families and neighbors let loose and triumph over daily hardships, industrial abandonment, and race.

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Reviews

ThedevilChoose
2018/03/13

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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AnhartLinkin
2018/03/14

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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Catangro
2018/03/15

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

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Bob
2018/03/16

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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