American Hollow and LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton both deals with poverty; however, they both have different backgrounds in the movies. American Hallow is about a Southern family who lives in the rural South of Kentucky. The Bowling family has been living in the hollow for seven generations. While LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton is referring to another Southern family, who been living in the Mississippi Delta since the abolition of slavery. LaLee's Kin has another side story about Reggie Barnes, the superintendent of the West Tallahatchie school system, trying to get the school out of probation by raising up test scores.
American Hollow shows the life of Iree Bowling, the matriarch of a families who lives deep in the hollow of Kentucky. She and her family survive with the help of monthly welfare checks from the government. Iree and Bass have 13 children and grandparents to 34 grandchildren. Iree was afraid to go to school because her father always abused her mother, so she sometimes stays home to watch over her mother. It also seems that some of the men in the families abuse their wives. Many of the men have left the area to try to …show more content…
She and her family has been in Tallahatchie County for a long time. Laura had to raise her grandchildren while her children were gone. She struggled to earn money by cooking lunches for people working in the local cotton factories. Some men in the families were either killed or left the families. Mr. Barnes is struggling to remove from the probation from the school, so the state can't take over by improving the test scores. Granny tried to keep her grade up, but she had too much responsibility. Mr. Barnes eventually got the school off probation and brought the score up to 2 points. Granny move in with her grandfather and her grades
American Hollow shows the life of Iree Bowling, the matriarch of a families who lives deep in the hollow of Kentucky. She and her family survive with the help of monthly welfare checks from the government. Iree and Bass have 13 children and grandparents to 34 grandchildren. Iree was afraid to go to school because her father always abused her mother, so she sometimes stays home to watch over her mother. It also seems that some of the men in the families abuse their wives. Many of the men have left the area to try to …show more content…
She and her family has been in Tallahatchie County for a long time. Laura had to raise her grandchildren while her children were gone. She struggled to earn money by cooking lunches for people working in the local cotton factories. Some men in the families were either killed or left the families. Mr. Barnes is struggling to remove from the probation from the school, so the state can't take over by improving the test scores. Granny tried to keep her grade up, but she had too much responsibility. Mr. Barnes eventually got the school off probation and brought the score up to 2 points. Granny move in with her grandfather and her grades