White Lightnin'

White Lightnin'

6.9IMDb Score
Released:2009-01-19
Duration:92 min
Director:Dominic Murphy
Actors:Edward Hogg, Carrie Fisher, Muse Watson, Owen Campbell, Stephanie Astalos-Jones
Production:Film and Music Entertainment

Overview:

Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw". As a boy Jesco was in and out of reform school and the insane asylum. To keep him out of trouble, his daddy D-Ray taught him the art of mountain dancing, a frenzied version of tap dancing to wild country banjo music. After his father's death, crazy Jesco dons his father's tap shoes and takes his show on the road.

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