‘The strongest, most clearly articulated section is the middle, in which York and Rubin theorize that the stereotype of the shiftless, lazy, mean, substance-addicted hillbilly has been embraced by forces who benefited from it economically and politically.‘

‘Hillbilly is forward-looking, believing there’s something special about its region-specific variety of what elsewhere would be called rednecks or bumpkins.‘

‘The film is a far more sympathetic portrait than JD Vance's best-selling “Hillbilly Elegy,” taking a more descriptive than analytical approach.‘