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Free Show Tonite
1983 | 58mins
Free Show Tonite
1983 | 58mins
Presents a nostalgic tribute to the American medicine shows of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Shows a re-creation of a typical medicine show by veteran performers,…
Grand Generation
1993 | 27mins
Grand Generation
1993 | 27mins
A portrait of six older Americans, each with their roots in a unique cultural heritage and each with a powerful perspective on the nature of aging.
Toot Blues
2009 | 1h 14mins
Toot Blues
2009 | 1h 14mins
Wall to wall blues from unheralded artists. The film gives a glimpse of what is being lost and Tim Duffy's heroic efforts to document the passing.
Morgan Sexton
1991 | 28mins
Morgan Sexton
1991 | 28mins
Eastern Kentucky's Morgan Sexton cut his first banjo out of the bottom of a lard bucket, and some seventy years later won the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage…
Appalachian Journey
1991 | 58mins
Appalachian Journey
1991 | 58mins
Alan Lomax travels through the Southern Appalachians investigating the songs, dances, and religious rituals of the descendents of the Scotch-Irish frontiers people who have made…
Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story
2018 | 1h 18mins
Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story
2018 | 1h 18mins
In the 1970s, the Highwoods Stringband’s unique blend of musical brilliance, exuberance, sparkling wit, and eclectic repertoire introduced tens of thousands of delighted listeners…
In the Rapture
1976 | 59mins
In the Rapture
1976 | 59mins
A religious drama staged by members of the Second Baptist Church in Bloomington, Indiana. Made by the late folklorist William Wiggins. The original negative for this 16mm film is…
Somethin‘ Gotta Be Arranged
1983 | 18mins
Somethin‘ Gotta Be Arranged
1983 | 18mins
A film portrait of blues artist Paul Geremia. Made by Geoff Adams in 1983 as a student film project. The documentary features a duo performance with Chicago bluesman Blind John…
Ballad of Frankie Silver
1996 | 47mins
Ballad of Frankie Silver
1996 | 47mins
In 1833 Mrs. Frances Silver was hanged in Morganton, North Carolina, for the ax murder of her husband Charles. Tom Davenport's film explores the case through the singing and…
Water from Another Time
1982 | 28mins
Water from Another Time
1982 | 28mins
A film document of three elderly residents of Orange County, Indiana. Featured in the film are musician Lotus Dickey, clock builder and tinkerer Elmer Boyd, and self-taught artist…
Shakers
1974 | 30mins
Shakers
1974 | 30mins
THE SHAKERS traces the growth, decline, and continuing survival of this remarkable religious sect through the memories and songs of Shaker sisters in New Hampshire and Maine.
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
1966 | 29mins
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
1966 | 29mins
Pete and Toshi Seeger, their son Daniel, and folklorist Bruce Jackson visited a Texas prison in Huntsville in March of 1966 and produced this rare document of of work songs by…
Sweet Is the Day
2001 | 59mins
Sweet Is the Day
2001 | 59mins
The story of the Woottens of Sand Mountain, Alabama, one of the key singing families who have helped Sacred Harp music survive and flourish for more than 150 years. The video…
Land Where the Blues Began
1979 | 58mins
Land Where the Blues Began
1979 | 58mins
In the late 1970s Alan Lomax traveled to Mississippi with filmmaker John Bishop and folklorist Worth Long and made this film about the African American music he found there.
Accordions Rising
2015 | 1h 13mins
Accordions Rising
2015 | 1h 13mins
Accordions Rising offers entertaining, conversation-style interviews, anecdotal commentary, and both formal and informal music performances by celebrated accordionists, composers,…
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