THE WILD & WONDERFUL WHITES OF WEST VIRGINIA
Sunday August 1 at Ritz
Monday-Thursday August 9-12 at Village
After a handful of sold-out shows, we realized we weren't alone in loving this demented thrill-ride doc about the White family. The outlaw clan have fought and cursed their way into our hearts, snorting lines and slinging dope throughout this film with no remorse or hint of stopping. We love this movie, which is as hilarious as it is heartwarming, and so will you.
Because of the overwhelming success of our initial few showings, we're bringing back this delight to the Ritz and the Village for some special showings. Be sure not to miss this film that everyone in Austin is raving about.
One of the best documentaries we've seen in a long time. We knew West Virginia mountain dancer Jesco White from the 1991 doc DANCING OUTLAW but we never could have suspected that, despite all his gas-huffing, pill-popping and Elvis-emulating, he was the most normal member of his family. THE WILD AND WONDERFUL WHITES paints a vivid, hilarious and genuinely moving portrait of an outlaw clan, straight out of popular myth and legend, surviving into the 21st century and adapting their family's hell-raising folkways to a whole new era.
None of the Whites seem to have jobs, there are vague allusions to different criminal activities that may or may not have made them secretly wealthy, and their lives seem to be one big party spiced up with vulgar country music and substance abuse at a level that would put Keith Richards in the ground. There's also some very serious talk about a blood curse and a demon that pursues them. The family has had its share of troubles with murder, drug addiction, alcohol, difficult relationships, guns, inhalant abuse, frequent incarceration, etc. but at the end of this film you may find yourself feeling a swell of admiration for this tightly knit clan who live by an ethos that can best be summed up as, "Fuck It". An instant classic of outlaw cinema.
Get your tickets for Ritz
and/or Village here.
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