Up the Ridge gives viewers an in-depth look at the United States prison industry and the social impact of moving hundreds of thousands of inner-city minority offenders to distant rural outposts. For more information, you can e-mail [email protected] Copyright 2008 Appalshop Inc.
Up the Ridge: Full Documentary
Part of Thousand Kites

This play’s true stories come from prisoners, corrections officers, and their respective families; and from people living in communities where prisons are sited.
- About: Thousand Kites
- Radio Documentary: Thousand Kites
- Photos: Thousand Kites Play
- Script: Thousand Kites
- Script (Spanish): Mil Cometas (Espanol)
- Audio: For Producing the Thousand Kites Play
- Video: Thousand Kites Performance, UNC-Asheville 2007
- Play Production: Thousand Kites, UNC/Asheville 2007
- Facilitation Guide: Thousand Kites
- Trailer: Up The Ridge
- Thousand Kites Summit: A Community Arts Focus Group
- Video: Thousand Kites, the Beginning (2006)
- Flyer: Thousand Kites Involvement
- About: Working Narratives
- Video: Scott Walters talks about the Thousand Kites play (Part I)
- Video: Scott Walters talks about the Thousand Kites play (Part II)
- Up the Ridge: Full Documentary
- Excerpt: Engaging Performance: Theatre as Call & Response
- Prison Poetry Workshop Radio Series
- Prison Poetry Workshop