Featured Films
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Homemade American Music1980 | 40mins
Homemade American Music1980 | 40minsA history of rural southeastern traditional American music, as told and played by Mike Seeger and Alice Gerrard. Mike and Alice recount their own involvment with this music, and… -
Last Shovel Maker1974 | 10minsLast Shovel Maker1974 | 10minsHarvey Ward, age 87, carves beautiful grained shovels with a double edged axe. -
New England Fiddles1983 | 28minsNew England Fiddles1983 | 28minsThis 1984 film by John Bishop and Nicholas Hawes presents seven of the finest traditional musicians as they play in their homes and at dances and contests, passing their styles to… -
End of an Old Song1969 | 30minsEnd of an Old Song1969 | 30minsFilmed in the mountains of North Carolina, this acclaimed documentary revisits the region where English folklorist Cecil Sharp collected British ballads in the early 1900s. The… -
Tradition Bearers1983 | 48minsTradition Bearers1983 | 48minsA documentary about Finnish American history and folk art expressed through the lives and repertories of our folk artists living in the western Great Lakes Region.