Featured Films
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Catching the Music1987 | 54mins
Catching the Music1987 | 54minsAn hour-long WETA-TV documentary on musician Stephen Wade. Catching the Music describes the passing of the banjo from one player to the next. The film includes footage of Kirk… -
Navajo Talking Pictures1986 | 40minsNavajo Talking Pictures1986 | 40minsFilm student Arlene Bowman (Navajo) travels to the Reservation to document the traditional ways of her grandmother. -
Every Island has its Own Songs1988 | 27minsEvery Island has its Own Songs1988 | 27minsNikitas Tsimouris (1924 - 2001) brought the complex music of the tsabouna, a type of Greek bagpipe, to Tarpon Springs. In 1991, Tsimouris became the first Floridian to receive a… -
Chicken Bog of the Pee Dee Region2014 | 2minsChicken Bog of the Pee Dee Region2014 | 2minsChicken bog is a delicious chicken, rice and sausage dish, and it’s very much a South Carolina thing. Folks in surrounding states are likely to give you a blank stare if you… -
Black Delta Religion1973 | 14minsBlack Delta Religion1973 | 14minsThis film was made from b/w Super 8mm footage that William Ferris gathered in rural Mississippi in 1968. The film includes footage from rural church services and a full immersion…