In typical southern Appalachian tradition, storytelling is not entertainment but an act of communication. A good story is better than television. The reason? The pictures are better. Knoxville Girl is a story that is quite ancient in its origin. Based on a small book of the Hebrew Scriptures centered on a rather obscure Moabite woman by the name of Ruth, Knoxville Girl is a "hillbilly" version of the book for her namesake. Through the peripheral world of ancient Israel and in a literary character by the name of Ruth, voices, cultural patterns, and landscapes akin to southern Appalachia...