Featured Films
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Life‘s Narrow Space1983 | 6mins
Life‘s Narrow Space1983 | 6minsDubbed the “Grandma Moses of Virginia,” Emma Serena Dillard “Queena” Stovall (December 20, 1888–June 27, 1980) painted scenes of people and activities in rural Virginia. -
Sonny Terry Whoopin the Blues1969 | 13minsSonny Terry Whoopin the Blues1969 | 13minsSeated 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… -
Pearl Fisher1985 | 28minsPearl Fisher1985 | 28minsThe freshwater pearl industry once flourished along Indiana's inland waterways. The Wabash, flowing south from Lafayette to join the Ohio at Mt. Vernon, bustled with the shallow… -
Dedans Le Sud de la Louisiane1972 | 45minsDedans Le Sud de la Louisiane1972 | 45minsA travelogue study of Cajun and Creole music and culture, circa 1972: a mythical land, its people, their ancient French language and most of all their wonderful musical… -
Jazz Parades1990 | 58minsJazz Parades1990 | 58minsAlan Lomax's overview of the Jazz scene in New Orleans with interviews and performances by Majestic Band, the Preservation Hall Band (Willie Humphrey, James "Sing" Miller, Emanuel…