Featured Films
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They Sing Of A Heaven1972 | 20mins
They Sing Of A Heaven1972 | 20minsThis film documents sacred harp singing, a 200 year old tradition of religious singing which survives today in the rural South. -
Buna and Bertha1973 | 13minsBuna and Bertha1973 | 13minsPerformance of and commentary on Anglo-American ballads and songs by 86 and 92 year old mountain women, Buna Hicks of Beech Creek and Bertha Baird of Rominger in western North… -
Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America2011 | 27minsWhy Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America2011 | 27minsIn 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… -
From Shore to Shore1993 | 57minsFrom Shore to Shore1993 | 57minsA film on Irish immigrant musicians and their offspring, tracing the influences of family and community, ethnic identity, and American popular culture on the traditional music… -
Every Island has its Own Songs1988 | 27minsEvery Island has its Own Songs1988 | 27minsNikitas Tsimouris (1924 - 2001) brought the complex music of the tsabouna, a type of Greek bagpipe, to Tarpon Springs. In 1991, Tsimouris became the first Floridian to receive a…