Combining interview footage with many of the leading Melungeon researchers, as well as direct descendants from the earliest known Melungeons, the film offers a rich and well-rounded look at this controversial subject. The filmmakers traveled up the ridges, and back into the ‘hollers,’ meeting the Melungeons on their own ground.  Along with modern day Melungeons talking on the porch of a cabin, at their kitchen tables, or out front of local churches, the film intersperses intriguing archival photographs with haunting scenes of mists rising from the mountains and clouds passing over worn headstones.

This film, created by Julie Williams Dixon and Warren Gentry, was released in 2007 after 7 years of filming and editing. It is based around the life work of Dr. Brent Kennedy, who tragically had a debilitating stroke before the film was completed. Brent did however see the film on several occasions, including the debut which was met with enthusiasm by standing room only crowds.

The film is available as DVD, or can be viewed online. If you are interested, there is a $15 fee for access to the link. You can message me at heyjuliedixon@gmail.com to find out more.

A few reviews:

Pam Stephens, Kentucky

I wanted to write and tell you how much my mother and me enjoyed your film" Melungeon Voices" The film you've put together was the highlight of the whole meeting.... My Mother just found out a few months ago that her family was Melungeons.... They lived on the Clinch River at Copper Ridge in Hawkins County and Roane.   Your film was so easy to understand. She is 80 years old and she knows her heritage now and is so proud . .

Jack Goins - leading Melungeon reseacher

Hi Julie I just wanted you to know I think you did a great job with the documentary. Thanks for the copy. My grandkids and great grandkids will enjoy it for years to come. Thanks for all your hard work.

Carolyn Earle Billingsley - Ph.D.

I have viewed the entire video, with great intensity and watchfulness, and it meets the highest standards, aesthetically, historically, and genealogically.

This film educates the viewer as to who the Melungeons are and where they might have come from. It incorporates records from court documents and census; it frames the issue in world history and migration patterns.

The film is VERY well done and I, the most avid of Melungeon investigators, would be happy to show it to any audience in order to increase their understanding, not only of Melungeons, but of race in general . . . and the way it complicates the issues of ethnicity and race, of which every genealogist should be aware. NOBODY is pure ANYTHING!
bottom line: my highest recommendation. It's awesomely, beautifully done.