‘The Last Hillbilly’ Takes a Poetic Look at the Demise of White Rural America
Kaleem Aftab Some directors can take years finding the right subject for their documentary, but in the case of “The Last Hillbilly” filmmakers Diane Sara Bouzgarrou and Thomas Jenkoe, theirs just walked up and introduced himself. The French director couple from Lille were eating in a fast-food restaurant in 2013 while scoping out Kentucky as a potential location when they were approached by a local man named Brian Ritchie.