A filmmaker who worked with America's most inbred family described his first meeting with the Whittakers as 'like a scene out of Deliverance'. Mark Laita spoke about his experience with the family in a new documentary and compared it to the 1972 thriller movie, the Mirror reports.
Laita revealed when he initially reached out about filming a documentary, their protective neighbours threatened him but he was soon escorted by police to meet the family who stay in a village in West Virginia named Odd. The filmmaker whose work has been watched by millions shared his first impressions of the Whittakers on the Koncrete KKLIPS podcast where he describes people 'barking' at him.
Laita has previously been criticised for his 'exploitative' work but argues that after working with the family and getting to know them better through filming he's been able to raise funds to go towards buying them a new home. Laita admits when he first met them he was very taken back as he said: "It was like that little scene from Deliverance that everyone knows."
