The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)

Director:

Julien Nitzberg

Release Date:

5 May 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A year in the life of the White family, well known for Jesco White, the star of the "Dancing Outlaw" documentary.

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jesco White

...

Himself

Directed by
Julien Nitzberg

Produced by
Katie Doering	....	co-producer
Paige Hess-Hill	....	associate producer
Johnny Knoxville	....	executive producer
Julien Nitzberg	....	producer
Priya Swaminathan	....	executive producer
Storm Taylor	....	producer
Jeff Tremaine	....	executive producer
Jeffrey Yapp	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Deke Dickerson

Film Editing by
Ben Daughtrey

Sound Department
Joe Milner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joe Milner	....	supervising sound editor
Scott Minor	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Philip Wilhelm	....	motion graphics
Robert Womack	....	motion graphics

Camera and Electrical Department
David Bird	....	camera
Paul Cain	....	camera
Dominic Giordano	....	camera
Michael Kenneth Sydenstricker II	....	camera
Blake Judd	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Katie Doering	....	associate editor
Eugene Gordon	....	assistant editor
Russell Lynch	....	colorist
Larry McGinley	....	post-production assistant
Brian Wessel	....	associate editor

Music Department
Benedikt Brydern	....	composer: additional music
Philip W. Gough	....	composer: additional music

Thanks
Andra Dalto	....	thanks
Derek Freda	....	special thanks
Michael A. Galasso	....	special thanks (as Mike Galasso)
Hank Williams III	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Dickhouse Productions
• MTV Studios

Distributors

• Tribeca Film (2010) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Puget Sound  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

West Virginia, USA

Company:

Dickhouse Productions

Movie Connections:

Features Dancing Outlaw (1991) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Darkness Breeds Contempt

An incredible case study on dysfunctional families

I work in a therapeutic residential environment. I specialise in taking care of children who come from families like this. Everyday is a battle to try and undo the behaviours that they learned from the people they grew up around.

Drugs and gang culture is the norm. They act impulsively as soon as there's a gut feeling. There is very little planning for the future if any at all ever. No consequence training. No boundary setting. The word "no" is a signal to begin arguing or to throw a tantrum. They tend to be self serving and inconsiderate. I deal with laziness, they're always expecting to be served by others. They put up a fuss when it's their turn to help out in even the smallest way. Also, families like this typically distrust professional institutions run by educated people.

They wonder why their lives are the way they are and they can't figure it out. "It must be the Devil in us" one of them says. Change can only happen when people are willing to look at their own selves critically. Life is all about the choices that we make.

These guys have a looooong way to go.