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Born for Hard Luck
Born for Hard Luck
1976 | 29mins
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Born for Hard Luck
1976 | 29mins
A film portrait of the last Black medicine-show performer, Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson, with harmonica songs, tales of hoboing, buckdances, and a live medicine-show performance.
Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner
Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner
1978 | 17mins
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Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner
1978 | 17mins
In 1979 Keir Cline shot footage at the Tenth Annual National Hollerin’ Contest in Spivey’s Corner, a small crossroads community in southeastern North Carolina. The festival had…
Hansel and Gretel: An Appalachian Version
Hansel and Gretel: An Appalachian Version
1975 | 15mins
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Hansel and Gretel: An Appalachian Version
1975 | 15mins
An Appalachian version of the classic story of the courage and loyalty of two children abandoned in the forest.
Bearskin
Bearskin
1983 | 19mins
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Bearskin
1983 | 19mins
In a contest with the devil, a Civil War soldier must not wash nor pray for seven years.
From Mambo to Hip Hop
From Mambo to Hip Hop
2006 | 53mins
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From Mambo to Hip Hop
2006 | 53mins
From Mambo to Hip-Hop dances through the history of a borough that nurtured two musical movements: the mambo that evolved into salsa, and the hip-hop that arose from the most…
Sonny Terry Whoopin the Blues
Sonny Terry Whoopin the Blues
1969 | 13mins
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Sonny Terry Whoopin the Blues
1969 | 13mins
Seated in a motel room on Broadway in Oakland, California where he was filmed while on tour with Brownie McGhee, Sonny, with one small harmonica in his hand, creates a complex and…
Ashpet: An American Cinderella
Ashpet: An American Cinderella
1989 | 45mins
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Ashpet: An American Cinderella
1989 | 45mins
Set in the rural South in the early years of World War II, Ashpet is a version of Cinderella, the world's most popular folk tale.
Jack and the Dentist‘s Daughter
Jack and the Dentist‘s Daughter
1984 | 38mins
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Jack and the Dentist‘s Daughter
1984 | 38mins
In this comic variant of the tale type , "The Master Thief, a poor laborer's son wants to marry the dentist's daughter.
Mutzmag
Mutzmag
1992 | 50mins
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Mutzmag
1992 | 50mins
With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl outwits a witch and an ogre to save herself and her sisters.
Soldier Jack
Soldier Jack
1988 | 38mins
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Soldier Jack
1988 | 38mins
Jack catches Death in a sack in this Appalachian tale.
Sonny Terry: Shoutin' the Blues
Sonny Terry: Shoutin' the Blues
1969 | 5mins
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Sonny Terry: Shoutin' the Blues
1969 | 5mins
Shot in 1969, SHOUTIN' THE BLUES is a one shot, one story and one song short film of harmonica great, Sonny Terry. Seated in a motel room on Broadway in Oakland, California where…
Free Show Tonite
Free Show Tonite
1983 | 58mins
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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,…
Frog King
Frog King
1981 | 15mins
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Frog King
1981 | 15mins
An American version of the classic story.
Carnival Train
Carnival Train
1999 | 1h 10mins
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Carnival Train
1999 | 1h 10mins
A behind the scenes look to see how the magic of the midway comes together, town after town, and how carnies create a community and way of life that transcends place and time.
Grand Generation
Grand Generation
1993 | 27mins
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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.

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