An intrepid filmmaker has told how he journeyed deep into an American backwater to meet the family billed as the country's most inbred.
Mark Laita had to be escorted by a police officer on his trip to meet the Whittakers. His initial approach ended with him being threatened by the family's protective neighbours.
The Mirror reports how Laita spoke about his experience filming the family for a new documentary which he likened to a scene from cult movie Deliverance. In the 1972 thriller, starring Burt Reynolds, four men go on a weekend canoeing trip down a river in the Georgia backcountry and face their worst nightmares.
