Featured Films
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Ashpet: An American Cinderella1989 | 45mins
Ashpet: An American Cinderella1989 | 45minsSet 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. -
Elaine and Susan Sing Goodnight to Mishegas2012 | 15minsElaine and Susan Sing Goodnight to Mishegas2012 | 15mins"Elaine and Susan Say Goodnight to Mishegas" is a short playful documentary that tells the story of a song, explores how a significant local klezmer tradition is extended (and… -
Born for Hard Luck1976 | 29minsBorn for Hard Luck1976 | 29minsA 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 Hop2006 | 53minsFrom Mambo to Hip Hop2006 | 53minsFrom 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… -
Lord Have Mercy: Olger‘s Store1998 | 35minsLord Have Mercy: Olger‘s Store1998 | 35mins