About the film
Surviving Cliffside is a 2014 documentary film and the directorial debut of Jon Matthews. The film premiered at the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival and follows a family that lives in a Cliffside, a trailer park in Alum Creek, West Virginia, known for its crime and drugs. During production, Jon Matthews was mentored by filmmaker Debra Granik and filmmaker Spike Lee, who also awarded him a grant to complete the film.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).