Preserving the Stories of America

A gritty glimpse into the youth culture of a small southern town, where cars serve as symbols of contested identities. Taped in Burlington, North Carolina

This National Film Board of Canada documentary traces the history of the fiddle’s arrival in Canada 300 years ago via Scottish traders from Orkney Island.

Using only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum, César Newashish, a 67 year old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve demonstrates how to build a canoe the "old" way.

Selections from the film "A Singing Stream" with performances of "Jezebel" (Fleming, Tony, Claude Landis with nephew Ken Daniel) and "Going Up To Meet Him" (Big John Landis and…