Preserving the Stories of America

Ken Harrison\'s 1981 profile of Johnny Gimble and his life in Western Swing. Johnny Gimble received an NEA National Heritage Award in 1994.

From the placing of an order to the completion of the last stitch, the film details the entire process of creating a traditional Lone Star quilt. As the quilt grows, so does our…

Mario Sanchez is a self-taught artist. In a series of wood reliefs, hand-chiseled on cedar boards, he paints memories of his childhood in Key West, Florida, recording for…

Popular media personality Mal Sharpe guides viewers through an Italian-American Columbus Day celebration in San Francisco where we meet Joe Cervetto, a legend in the city for his…

This film documents three key dimensions of limestone in the Midwest; the cutting, the carving and the production of limestone gravestones. Also considered are the ancillary…