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Martha Redbone, Aaron Whitby/Blackfeet Productions

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Location
Queens/Brooklyn, NY
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Artist Website
Project Title
Bone Hill
Fiscal Year Awarded
2016
Grant or Program
National Theater Project Creation & Touring Grant
Grant Amount
$60,000

BONE HILL is an epic story of one woman’s return to her childhood homeland on Black Mountain and the coal mines of Harlan County, KY, where her family has dwelled for centuries. Traveling back in time to her childhood and her ancestors spanning four generations of women in a Cherokee family, BONE HILL explores their lives and stories. It is a story about the family’s connection to the land – the simplicity and sacredness of that connection and the ruptures that threaten to extinguish it. Based on the stories of Martha's family, with all original compositions by Redbone and Whitby.

TOUR COORDINATOR

Aaron Whitby | awhitby@nyc.rr.com
Associate Producer
Blackfeet Productions LLC
tel 646-320-7039

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