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Country Boys, Part 1

Episode 5 · 2006-01-09

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Episode overview

David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of two boys coming of age in eastern Kentucky’s Appalachian hills. Viewers meet Cody Perkins and Chris Johnson, classmates at an alternative high school who inhabit the same world yet are light years apart. Through intimate cinematography and extraordinary sound design that puts the viewer inside the skin of the story’s colorful and memorable characters, Country Boys traverses the emotional terrain of two boys who are about to become men, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives.

114 minutes

Season 24 episodes

1. The O.J. Verdict2005-10-04 2. The Torture Question2005-10-18 3. The Last Abortion Clinic2005-11-08 4. The Storm2005-11-22 5. Country Boys, Part 12006-01-09 6. Country Boys: Part 22006-01-10 7. Country Boys: Part 32006-01-11 8. Sex Slaves2006-02-07 9. The Meth Epidemic2006-02-14 10. The Insurgency2006-02-21 11. The Tank Man2006-04-11 12. Can You Afford to Retire?2006-05-16 13. The Age of AIDS (1)2006-05-30 14. The Age of AIDS (2)2006-05-31 15. The Dark Side2006-06-20