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We Are Arabbers
2004 | 1h 21mins
We Are Arabbers
2004 | 1h 21mins
We Are Arabbers follows the horse-and-wagon produce vendors along the streets of Baltimore, Maryland as they struggle to make a living and maintain their unique culture.
Urban Gospel Ministry of Robert and Lily Butler
1998 | 40mins
Urban Gospel Ministry of Robert and Lily Butler
1998 | 40mins
Ms. Butler and her son, the Reverend Rober Butler, play at folk festivals and churches throughout New York City
Style Wars
1983 | 1h 9mins
Style Wars
1983 | 1h 9mins
New York's legendary Kings of Graffiti own a special place in the hip hop pantheon. Style Wars is regarded by many as the definitive document of the emerging hip hop culture, an…
Street Music
1979 | 57mins
Street Music
1979 | 57mins
Filmmaker Nicholas Doob's road trip across Amerca. Performers: Pork Chop (New Orleans), Arthur C. Brenner (Savannah), Bongo Joe (San Antonio), John Wood/Rodney Gregory/ Floyd Bell…
Sometimes I Run
1973 | 21mins
Sometimes I Run
1973 | 21mins
1973 portrait of Stanley Maupin who cleans sidewalks at night for the Dallas Department of Sanitation. A film by Blaine Dunlap with music by Ken Watson.
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…
Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco
1988 | 29mins
Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco
1988 | 29mins
A 1988 8mm video documentary about the street children of San Francisco. The video documents the expressive traditions of a group of young runaways who formed an alternative…
Plenty of Good Women Dancers
2004 | 53mins
Plenty of Good Women Dancers
2004 | 53mins
“Plenty of Good Women Dancers” features exceptional Philadelphia African American women tap dancers whose active careers spanned the 1920s-1950s.
Pilebutts
2003 | 28mins
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…
My Town
1986 | 26mins
My Town
1986 | 26mins
Shot on location in Palermiti and the Boston area of Massachusetts, MY TOWN/MIO PAESE shows the family, cultural and religious ties between immigrants and their paesani in…
Music District
1996 | 56mins
Music District
1996 | 56mins
The Music District is a one-hour documentary profiling four African American traditional music groups practicing and performing for fans and congregants in the neighborhood…
Mermaids, Frog Legs, and Fillets
1978 | 18mins
Mermaids, Frog Legs, and Fillets
1978 | 18mins
Long before the advent of hip-hop as a multi-million dollar industry, African Americans were rapping and rhyming in the street, in their neighborhoods, and on the fish market…
Men Who Dance the Giglio
1995 | 28mins
Men Who Dance the Giglio
1995 | 28mins
A documentary on the Brooklyn St. Paulinus Festival. This film explores ethnicity, cultural traditions, and religious devotion as the performers, participants, and community…
Look Forward and Carry on the Past
2002 | 26mins
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…
Kings of Christmas
2005 | 11mins
Kings of Christmas
2005 | 11mins
The Kings of Christmas, introduces the men and women, the vast majority of whom are Italian-American, behind the biggest, brightest, and most over-the-top holiday decorated houses…
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