What is it that ties us to the state where we currently live and adopt it as the one we're "from"? How does living in our states define us? States of America is a series of short documentaries--one from each of our 50 states--that ask these questions by featuring everyday people as diverse as the landscape in the places they call home. This is a story of West Virginia.
Though Hanna grew up wandering the mountains of West Virginia, her passion for understanding a larger universe took her to Silicon Valley, NASA, and eventually back to her Appalachian roots in the National Radio Quiet Zone, a region defined by its ban of radio transmitting devices. Here she negotiates communication and a sense of belonging with beloved neighbors and friends that often come from opposing ideological tribes.
*States of America is created and produced by Brad Barber
*West Virginia is directed and shot by Brad Barber, edited by Alyssa Clegg, colored by Austin Davis, with music by Micah Dahl Anderson. Title design by Brian Turley and Mark T. Lewis.
