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Emmy plays: Deladis Slocumb
Additional Cast: Janet McTeer, Aiden Quinn
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Written by: Maggie Greenwald
Runtime: 109 minutes
Release Date: January 25, 2000
Genre: Drama
Rated: PG-13

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Synopsis
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a treasure trove of ancient Scots-Irish ballads, songs that have been handed down from generation to generation, preserved intact by the seclusion of the mountains. With the goal of securing her promotion, Lily ventures into the most isolated areas of the mountains to collect the songs and finds herself increasingly enchanted - not only by the rugged purity of the music, but also by the raw courage and endurance of the local people as they carve out meaningful lives against the harshest conditions.

Emmy's Character
Deladis Slocumb is an orphaned young women in the Appalachia mountains, cared for by teachers Eleanor Penleric and her assistant Harriet Tolliver. She's in love with Fate Honeycutt, a young man who works for Eleanor. When Deladis meets Professor Lily Penleric, Eleanor's older sister, she is asked to sing old English ballads for publication in a book Lily plans to make. Deladis soon becomes Lily's assistant with the book and helps her collect songs from the local people.

Trivia
  • Had to be trained to sing in the Appalichian accent she has in the movie due to singing properly at the Metropoliton Opera for so many years


    • links
    Songcatcher @ IMDB
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    Clips of Emmy in Songcatcher