From the Hills and Hollers: THE DUKES OF HAZZARD with Nerissa Young

Viewing: April 09,2026

Watch Trailer Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Willie Nelson

Join us Thursday, April 9th at 7:00 p.m. as we close out our Appalachian Stories Film Series with a wild ride!

This event will feature a pre-show presentation by Nerissa Young

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

About the film

Loosely based on the hit TV show from the 1970s, The Dukes of Hazzard takes us back to rural Georgia where the Duke family – Uncle Jesse and cousins Bo, Luke, and Daisy – do their best to use their General Lee hotrod to out-maneuver the greed of local commissioner Boss Hogg and his lackey Sheriff Rosce P. Coltrane who are looking to put a stop to the Duke’s moonshine-running operation (or, at least, take a hefty piece of the action for themselves). Directed by Broken Lizard alum Jay Chandrasekhar and starring Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott, this fun, action-comedy also stars Willie Nelson and Jessica Simpson.

About the speaker

Nerissa Young is a professor of instruction in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. She grew up on a family farm in southern West Virginia. In her classes, Young frequently discusses the effects of stereotypes in news and advertising and the traumatic effects of “isms” in different cultures. She grew up watching the TV show “The Dukes of Hazzard” and will discuss the show’s significance — its popularity led to the feature film — as a bridge between the rural comedies and films of the 1950s and 1960s and the smarter rural series and films of the 1980s up to the present. She agrees with a statement she once heard, “Just because we talk slow doesn’t mean we are.”

Check out the rest of the films in the Appalachian Stories Film Series

This series is sponsored by the Ohio Honors Program, University Libraries, College of Health Sciences and Professions, The Department of Social and Public Health, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, OU School of Film, and The Office of Signature Academic Experiences.