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Hrvati!
1982
Hrvati!
1982
Half-hour documentary on the artistic and cultural heritage of Croatian immigrants in Washington state. Broadcast February 25,1981. Exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution Folk…
Dancing with My Father
2002 | 54mins
Dancing with My Father
2002 | 54mins
An intimate view of marriage, divorce, and how adult love is shaped by what a child learns at home. Rock combines self-analysis and dynastic saga as she traces her family demons…
Beauty Knows No Pain
1973 | 25mins
Beauty Knows No Pain
1973 | 25mins
In 1940, the Kilgore College Rangerettes became the first dancing drill team in the nation. They have been performing at half-time shows during college football games ever since.…
Born for Hard Luck
1976 | 29mins
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.
From Mambo to Hip Hop
2006 | 53mins
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…
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…
Everybody Promenade
2007 | 27mins
Everybody Promenade
2007 | 27mins
The Farmall Promenade is an eight member, all male troupe of farmers who, as four male-'female' square dancing couples, perform across the Midwest. They have a passion for the…
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…
Talking Feet
1987 | 1h 27mins
Talking Feet
1987 | 1h 27mins
Talking Feet is the first documentary to feature flatfoot, buck, hoedown, and rural tap dancing, the styles of solo Southern dancing which are a companion to traditional old-time…
Pizza Pizza Daddy-O
1968 | 18mins
Pizza Pizza Daddy-O
1968 | 18mins
PIZZA PIZZA DADDY-O (1967) looks at continuity and change in girl's playground games at a Los Angeles school.
Dance to the Music and Listen to the Calls
1987 | 29mins
Dance to the Music and Listen to the Calls
1987 | 29mins
Larry Edelman produced this video in 1987 while studying square dance calling with Jerry Goodwin. Recorded at the Prosperity Fire Hall in western Pennsylvania the video features…
Fire Dance
2002 | 27mins
Fire Dance
2002 | 27mins
Fire Dance presents the emerging art form called fire dancing, as practiced in the northwestern United States. The dancers explain their attraction to "playing with fire", how…
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1946 | 16mins
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1946 | 16mins
The story of Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States. Written by Alan Lomax and directed by Irving Lerner, this short feature includes…
From Shore to Shore - Retrospective Reels
1988 | 52mins
From Shore to Shore - Retrospective Reels
1988 | 52mins
Beginning in April 1988, a number of oral histories and Irish traditional music and dance performances were videotaped for the documentary From Shore To Shore: Irish Traditional…
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