Featured Films
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Dry Wood1973 | 37mins
Dry Wood1973 | 37minsA glimpse into the life, food, and Mardi Gras celebrations of black Creoles in French Louisiana, featuring the stories and music of "Bois Sec" Ardoin and Canray Fontenot. Dry Wood… -
Plenty of Good Women Dancers2004 | 53minsPlenty of Good Women Dancers2004 | 53mins“Plenty of Good Women Dancers” features exceptional Philadelphia African American women tap dancers whose active careers spanned the 1920s-1950s. -
Sometimes I Run1973 | 21minsSometimes I Run1973 | 21mins1973 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. -
Performed Word1982 | 58minsPerformed Word1982 | 58minsThe Performed Word is African American folklorist Gerald L. Davis’ guided tour of African American expressive culture. Although he claimed to be “unchurched,” Davis explores with… -
Weaving Indiana2023 | 25minsWeaving Indiana2023 | 25minsWeaving Indiana presents the lives and work of two rag-rug makers who learned to weave on their family farm in Bartholomew County, Indiana.