Featured Films
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Give My Poor Heart Ease1975 | 21mins
Give My Poor Heart Ease1975 | 21minsA 1975 account of the blues experience through the recollections and performances of B.B. King, James "Son" Thomas, Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown, James "Blood" Shelby, Cleveland… -
Catching the Music1987 | 54minsCatching 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… -
Basketmaker1973 | 7minsBasketmaker1973 | 7mins1973 16-mm film of Elizabeth Proper, the last of the white oak basketmakers in a community near Taconic Hills in eastern New York State. -
Battle of the Guitars1985 | 16minsBattle of the Guitars1985 | 16minsThis is one of three short films in the Living Texas Blues series. Battle of the Guitars shows the influence of Aaron "T-Bone" Walker through the performance of Pete Mayes and Joe… -
Minneapolis Wrestling Club1998 | 17minsMinneapolis Wrestling Club1998 | 17minsThe Minneapolis Wrestling Club is a 16mm documentary film about four old-school, Midwestern professional wrestlers. With roots in vaudeville and the carnival sideshow, early…