A documentary which reenacts the lives and events of the midwives and nurses who setup and ran a clinic to help the people living in the Kentucky Appalachian Mountains..
United States
If you have about an hour and want to see some incredibly tough women riding horses through deep mud to save babies in the 1930s, yes, The Forgotten Frontier is absolutely worth your time. It is a slow, silent-era documentary reenactment that will probably bore anyone looking for slick pacing or explosive drama to tea...
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Marvin Breckinridge
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"If you have about an hour and want to see some incredibly tough women riding horses through deep mud to save babies in the 1930s, yes, The Forgotten Frontier is absolutely worth your time. It is a slow, silent-era documentary reenactment that will probably bore anyone looking for slick pacing or explosive drama to tears. But if you like raw history and seeing how people actually survived before modern roads existed, it is a goldmine. 🐴 The whole thing is basically about the Frontier Nursing S..."
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