"Stranger with a Camera" a documentary film by Elizabeth Barret talks about how a resident of Kentucky shoots and kills a Canadian filmmaker. Hobart Ison a proud man, didnt like filmmakers coming and taking pictures because he felt that they are making him look bad and where he lived. Hugh O' Conner the man that had been filming the conditions in Appalachia. He was taking pictures so that the rest of the world could know what is going on. Though some felt good that Kentucky was being filmed others felt it was a bad idea to show Kentucky's poverty. Hobart Ison who didnt like the fact that Kentucky was being filmed killed Hugh O' Conner. One day when Hugh O' Conner was taking pictures of a family. When Hobart heard of this he went to go see for himself, Ison told them to get off his property. Hugh O' Conner's team was leaving the property and assuring Ison that they were leaving. O' Conner who had been carrying a heavy piece of equipment across the street turned around and told Ison that they were leaving, but Ison did not stop he shot and killed O' Conner.
In 1968 Ison was sentenced to 10 years in prison and paroled for 1 year. Prosecution accepted a plea bargain so that Ison would only have to serve one year in prison because they could not find a impartial jury. During Ison's trial he stated "that he shot O' Conner in self-defense in order to avoid character assassination by camera: I had to do it. What would he have done to me picture-wise and people who lived on it"(par 4). The community members felt that Ison was a hero because he held his ground. Barret felt it her responsibility to bring both sides of the story. She feels that filmmakers need to represent that diversity.