Holes and America's Curse
Added 2025-10-04 22:03:57 +0000 UTC[Edited 10/14 to include the final draft of the video and update the description]
You've got to go and dig those holes...
In this video, I explore Louis Sachar's novel turned film Holes and the ways it discusses America's past, possible futures, and present curses that afflict this country.
This video is going to also be used to raise money for the Spirit of Giving Fund, a Texas Based nonprofit that provides financial and in-kind support to help meet the immediate and ongoing needs of individuals and communities affected by natural disasters and other tragedies.
If you would like to make me dig a big hole to raise money for the Spirit of Giving fund, visit https://spiritofgiving.org/donate/ to donate the organization and send your receipt to holescharity@henrykathman.com. Every $10 donated from now until the end of October will result in me spending another half hour digging a hole in a future stream.
Additional Quotes read by Laura Crone
Excerpts from the official Holes audiobook read by Kerry Beyer
Link to the Bibliography
Link to the Bonus Video reading through Kirsten Møllegaard's essay “Haunting and History in Louis Sachar’s Holes.”
