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Stepping
Stepping
1998 | 16mins
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Stepping
1998 | 16mins
This film explores the tradition of African American stepping, primarily among college men and women. Dance forms, chants, songs and social functions of this tradition serve as…
Singing Stream Reunion
Singing Stream Reunion
2016 | 57mins
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Singing Stream Reunion
2016 | 57mins
This 57 minute documentary continues the story of the Landis family of Creedmoor, NC into the 21 Century. The first film " A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle" was…
Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood
Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood
1980 | 27mins
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Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood
1980 | 27mins
An interview with Elijah Pierce in his barbershop on Long Street in Columbus. He talks about his work and his life and shows how his carvings express his experiences and beliefs.
Charlie‘s Place
Charlie‘s Place
2018 | 26mins
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Charlie‘s Place
2018 | 26mins
Charlie’s Place, tells the story of an African American nightclub in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina that was a significant stop on the Chitlin’ Circuit in the segregated South. The…
Singing Stream trailer
Singing Stream trailer
2018 | 1mins
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Singing Stream trailer
2018 | 1mins
I Ain‘t Lying
I Ain‘t Lying
1975 | 22mins
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I Ain‘t Lying
1975 | 22mins
16mm color documentary based on fieldwork William Ferris conducted with African American storytellers and bluesmen in the communities of Leland and Rose Hill, Mississippi. The…
Finah Misa Kule
Finah Misa Kule
2015 | 41mins
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Finah Misa Kule
2015 | 41mins
In Search of Finah Misa Kule chronicles the quest of poet Kewulay Kamara to reconstitute an ancient epic handed down in his family.
Homeplace
Homeplace
1975 | 27mins
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Homeplace
1975 | 27mins
Folklife in the hill county of northern Mississippi in the early 1970s.
Weaver
Weaver
1974 | 8mins
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Weaver
1974 | 8mins
Featuring, Margaret Carr, a well-known figure in the upstate New York weaving community
Two Black Churches
Two Black Churches
1975 | 19mins
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Two Black Churches
1975 | 19mins
TWO BLACK CHURCHES" is based on fieldwork Bill Ferris conducted at a church in Vicksburg, Mississippi and at a church in New Haven, Conn. Footage includes a full immersion…
LaVaughn Robinson
LaVaughn Robinson
2003 | 29mins
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LaVaughn Robinson
2003 | 29mins
LaVaughn Robinson, a National Heritage Fellowship award winner, was a tap-dance virtuoso on the big-band circuit in the 1940s and ’50s who became a master teacher and a major…
Put Me Down Easy
Put Me Down Easy
2013 | 29mins
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Put Me Down Easy
2013 | 29mins
The Charlie McClendon Story explores the life and career of one of Norfolk, Virginia’s most talented Rhythm & Blues and Gospel artists. Though largely unknown to the general…
It‘s A Mean Old World
It‘s A Mean Old World
1977 | 29mins
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It‘s A Mean Old World
1977 | 29mins
By the time "It's A Mean Old World" was filmed, Reverend Pearly Brown had been struggling to survive singing gospel music for nearly 40 years. While the rough sound of his…
Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
2011 | 27mins
In 2002 the art world was rocked to its foundations by a group of unusual, abstract quilts made by African American women from an obscure hamlet in southern Alabama. People lined…
Parchman Penitentiary
Parchman Penitentiary
1969 | 18mins
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Parchman Penitentiary
1969 | 18mins
William Ferris's 1969 movie of singing and preaching in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Shot on B&W 8-mm film. Ferris added the recorded sound later, and it is not in…

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