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When My Work Is Over
When My Work Is Over
2000 | 38mins
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When My Work Is Over
2000 | 38mins
The gifted African American storyteller Louise Anderson (1921-1994) tells her family stories and folk tales, and recites poetry in this film taped in Jacksonville, North Carolina,…
Dreadful Memories
Dreadful Memories
1988 | 38mins
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Dreadful Memories
1988 | 38mins
Born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Gunning suffered a life of bitter poverty which became the fuel for dozens of moving songs about working people, the mines, and the…
Jim Northrup: With Reservations
Jim Northrup: With Reservations
1996 | 28mins
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Jim Northrup: With Reservations
1996 | 28mins
Jim Northrup: With Reservations is a half-hour portrait of the Anishinaabe / Ojibwe / Chippewa writer/activist from Naagajiwanaang (Fond du Lac) in northern Minnesota. A lively…
Pilebutts
Pilebutts
2003 | 28mins
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Pilebutts
2003 | 28mins
A union-produced documentary about pile drivers, courageous men and women better known as "pilebutts," who secure structures like bridges and skyscrapers to the earth. Pilebutts…
Home Across the Water
Home Across the Water
1992 | 27mins
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Home Across the Water
1992 | 27mins
A film about the efforts of Sea Islanders in South Carolina and Georgia to preserve their cultural identity and cope with the development of the islands as exclusive resorts.
With These Hands
With These Hands
2009 | 1h 18mins
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With These Hands
2009 | 1h 18mins
In March 2007, unable to compete with cheaper offshore production, Hooker Furniture Company closed its plant in Martinsville, Virginia, after 83 years in operation. “With These…
Wild Caught
Wild Caught
2006 | 1h 29mins
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Wild Caught
2006 | 1h 29mins
WILD CAUGHT chronicles the lives of fisherman carrying out small scale, sustainable commercial fishing in the town of Snead\'s Ferry, North Carolina, and their struggles to keep…
Halsted Street USA
Halsted Street USA
1995 | 56mins
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Halsted Street USA
1995 | 56mins
Nowhere in America does a stretch of pavement slice through a more vibrant and diverse cross-section of humanity than Chicago's Halsted Street. Along its length one can view a…
I Choose to Stay Here
I Choose to Stay Here
2002 | 23mins
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I Choose to Stay Here
2002 | 23mins
This documentary follows a group of people opposing the city of Philadelphia’s “takings” of private homes: the little-known downside of the city’s “redevelopment” initiative.
Look Forward and Carry on the Past
Look Forward and Carry on the Past
2002 | 26mins
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Look Forward and Carry on the Past
2002 | 26mins
“Look Forward and Carry on the Past": Stories from Philadelphia’s Chinatown” illustrates the strength and complexity of Philadelphia’s only remaining community of color in the…
His Eye is on the Sparrow
His Eye is on the Sparrow
1999 | 28mins
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His Eye is on the Sparrow
1999 | 28mins
Ethel Caffie-Austin, daughter of the coalfields, is West Virginia\'s "First Lady of Gospel Music." This program features Ethel performing a range of spirituals, hymns and…
One Big Union
One Big Union
1983 | 12mins
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One Big Union
1983 | 12mins
Ralph Fasanella was born on Labor Day, 1914 in New York\'s Little Italy neighborhood to Joe the Iceman and Ginevre the Buttonhole Maker from Bari, Italy. His rough childhood among…
Hazel Dickens
Hazel Dickens
2001 | 1h
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Hazel Dickens
2001 | 1h
From the coalfields of West Virginia to the factories of Baltimore, Hazel Dickens has lived the songs she sings. Interviews with Hazel and fellow musicians such as Alison Krauss,…
River
River
1980 | 16mins
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River
1980 | 16mins
Life and lore along the legendary Hudson River with a special appearance by Pete Seeger.

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