What happens when a sensitive documentarian spends a year with an Appalachian family living amidst extreme poverty? Filmmaker Rory Kennedy’s extraordinary work shows how deeply she was trusted by her subjects, as a cascade of intimate, revealing stories and images emerge from them. It’s like a Faulkner novel in scope and drama. Without condescension or pity, the film shows the intense loyalty of one extended family against a devastating portrait of that same family’s decay and loss. This is an incredibly passionate piece of work.