DOWN IN THE HOLLOW A documentary feature. Fascinated by the culture which resulted from the mingling of frontier scouts and Native Americans, Nathan Roark chose a life that few of us in today's world can understand. With his wife and two daughters, Nathan lives on a homestead in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. Nathan hunts deer and other local animals to provide meat for the family. They have goats, chickens, rabbits, and a garden which provide them with the necessities of life, and they bathe in water from the creek that runs through the hollow. In 2003, CHARLEE, a foster care organization in Miami, Florida, hired Nathan to build Buffalo Cove Outdoor Education Center - a wilderness survival camp for foster children. At Buffalo Cove, the kids see mountains for the first time, watch water bubble up from a natural spring and drink it straight from the ground, and learn to make fire with sticks. They are introduced to many skills that are necessary for human survival, yet are far removed from their modern day reality in Miami. Can Nathan teach these kids to connect? Will their new-found relationship with the earth help them grow and find peace in their turbulent lives? This documentary explores the necessity of close contact with nature by studying Nathan’s fascinating life in the woods. As we move farther and farther away from an agrarian lifestyle, do we risk losing touch with an innate sense of who we are and where we fit in the world? Is Nathan onto something that is necessary for human survival or is he running from a culture in which he has never felt comfortable?
 
 
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PRODUCED & DIRECTED by PEDEN YOUNG DOWN IN THE HOLLOW PRODUCED BY RYAN PFLEGER
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