It was a three-part edition of Frontline on PBS, with each part running for two hours, originally broadcast in January 2006.
[2] The focus of the film is Cody and Chris' struggles with the problems of growing up in a rural, relatively impoverished environment.
Chris, growing up in a family without strong role models and parents who limit him in a variety of ways, struggles to motivate himself to do well in school and life.
Some of these topics include the gun culture, religion and science (a biology teacher and students at the David School are portrayed dismissing evolution and misinterpreting scientific ideas).
Cody graduated from Mayo Technical College in May 2006 and began working as a service technician with an HVAC company.
Cody is saved and got baptized with his new wife, they attend a small church in Prestonsburg, KY, where he is beginning to preach and the two of them teach an adult bible study together.
At the beginning of the documentary, Chris lived in a trailer home with his father, Randall (who could not work because of medical problems related to his drinking), his mother, Sheila, his grandmother (who is rarely shown in the documentary until the very end), his younger brother, Daniel, and his younger sister, Amy.
Chris received Supplemental Security Income for disability, related to a behavior disorder that played a role in his going to The David School.
Chris's father, Randall Johnson, died due to health related issues stemming from alcoholism in 2005.