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Holy Ghost People is a 1967 black and white documentary directed and narrated by Peter Adair. It is about the service of a Pentecostal community in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia, United States. The church service includes faith healing, snake handling, speaking in tongues and singing. This documentary has entered the public domain and is available at the Internet Archive.

Plot
The documentary begins by showing the audience various images of the church and it's night services, snake handling, sermons, singing, worshiping, and praying. After the opening credits, a narrator introduces to the Pentecostal community in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia. The narrator presents various things the church partakes in such as snake handling, speaking in tongues, and 4-6 hour long meetings at the church multiples times a week. The narrators explain that while people are commonly bit while handling the snakes, mainly copperheads, they refuse medical help.

The documentary then features several 1 on 1 interviews from various members of the church. These interviews reveal stories of how many of the church's members found salvation through the Holy Ghost and how the Holy Ghost saves them in their daily lives. Some members reveal stories of how they are able to speak in tongues while others reveal how they communicate with god and god sometimes paralyzes them. The final interview is of an old woman who is shaking and sometimes convulsing on camera while going in and out of speaking in tongues.

The film then cuts to the beginning of a church service. As men enter the church, they go up and kiss each other on the lips before they are seated. After everyone is seated, people start clapping and singing together. Then there is a cut to the pastor talking to the congregation. He is inviting those who have not found the Holy Ghost to go out and find out. He also tells the congregation to ignore the cameraman and to act as though it was just another normal night. The pastor continues his sermon and the documentary uses various movie cuts to show that a long large amount of time has passed since the beginning of the service.

Eventually, the church service moves into a time of prayer. The film shows people standing and announcing their prayer concerns to the congregation. The pastor tells people that God will answer their prayers if they only believe. They then bring a woman, who is rapidly losing her eyesight, up to the front of the church to pray for.

The camera then pans to the rest of the church and shows that everyone else has formed into small groups and are all praying at the same time. Some people are standing and others are lying flat on their backs. Some people are being perfectly still with their hands raised while others are convulsing seemingly uncontrollably.

The end of the film contains a lot of fast cuts in order to show everything that happened in the service. We see a new man preaching followed by two people leading the congregation in worship. There is clapping and singing and then snakes are brought out to the snake handlers. As the music and clapping continues people begin to get up and dance. The camera now shows that there are several snakes being handled by various people spread throughout the church. There is a shot of a man dancing violently who quickly collapses to the ground and lays there. No one rushes to help him.

The music is stopped so some people can provide testimonies and so the church can take an offering. The pastor is handling a snake as he tries to get people to give money to the church. The snake bites the pastor on the hand. The movie ends with a shot of the pastors swollen hand.

Cast

 * Peter Adair

Reception
Gary Morris of Bright Lights Film Journal quoted Margaret Mead as having called it "one of the best ethnographic films ever made".

Legacy
It was a partial inspiration for the 2013 film Holy Ghost People, and some of its footage was used. It is also used in anthropology and documentary film classes.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of 557.79 sqmi, of which 553.08 sqmi (or 99.16%) is land and 4.71 sqmi (or 0.84%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Fayette County (north)
 * Ross County (northeast)
 * Pike County (east)
 * Adams County (southeast)
 * Brown County (southwest)
 * Clinton County (northwest)

Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 43,589 people living in Highland County. The population density is 78.8 people per square mile. The county is made up of 96.4% White, 1.5% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 1.5% from two or more races, and 0.8% Hispanic or Latino.

This county is also made up of 6.2% of people under the age of 5, 24.7% of people under the age of 18, and 16.5% of people over the age of 65. The median age is 39.2. The county is also 51% female.

There are 16,963 households in Highland County as of the 2010 census. The average household size is 2.58 persons, while the average family size is 3.04 persons. According to the 2010 census, 41.9% of the houses in Highland County had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.07% of the houses were married couples living together, 11.09% of the houses had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.91% of the houses were non-families. Individuals made up 24.33% of all households and 11.02% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

According to the census, 81.5% of people over the age of 25 is at least a high school graduate and 11.1% of people over the age o 25 have earned at least a bachelor's degree. The median household income is $39,641 and 17.6% of people live below the poverty line. The per capita income of Highland County is $19,557.

City

 * Hillsboro

School Districts
Highland County is home to 5 school districts. They are Greenfield Exempted Village Schools in Greenfield, Hillsboro City Schools in  Hillsboro , Leesburg Fairfield School District in  Leesburg , Bright Local School District in  Mowrystown , and Lychburg-Clay School District in  Lynchburg.

Recreation
There are currently several recreational areas in Highland County. There is Rocky Fork State Park which is located in Hillsboro. It provides opportunities to go camping, fishing, boating, swimming, hunting, putt-putt, and disc golf amongst other activities.

There is also Paint Creek State Park located in Bainbridge. Paint Creek offers many of the same activities as Rocky Fork but also offers horse riding, mountain biking, and winter recreational activities.

Fort Hill State Memorial is a memorial built by the Hopewell people that sits in Hillsboro an is believed to be around 2000 years old.

Fallsville Wildlife Area is located just north of Hillsboro. It offers fishing, hunting, hiking, and wildlife watching.

Non-Profits
Habitat for Humanity of Highland County was established in 2000, and has since built three homes: one on Johnson St. in Hillsboro and two on 2nd St. in Greenfield. Highland County Habitat is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to those in need at no profit and with no interest charged.

Highlands Sanctuary is a chain of nature preserves centered in Highland County and owned by an organization of the same name.

Library
The Highland County District Library is the public library system serving Highland County, Ohio. The main library is in Hillsboro, with three branches located in Greenfield, Leesburg, and Lynchburg. The library is a member of the SEO Consortium which allows patrons access to over 6.9 million items owned by member libraries.