Featured Films
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Gandy Dancers 19731973 | 14mins
Gandy Dancers 19731973 | 14minsThis remarkable film features field recordings of work chants of Gandy Dancers including aligning songs and chants to knock out slack in the rail. -
They Sing Of A Heaven1972 | 20minsThey 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. -
Paid to Eat Ice Cream2001 | 1h 10minsPaid to Eat Ice Cream2001 | 1h 10mins"Paid To Eat Ice Cream" profiles beloved New Hampshire contra dance musician Bob McQuillen (1923–2014), whose career spanned over five decades and included playing with many… -
Norman Taylor - Fox Hunter1986 | 6minsNorman Taylor - Fox Hunter1986 | 6minsThis documentary was part of a program on five short subjects about traditional activities in the New Jersey Pinelands National Preserve: railbirding in the meadows, cranberry… -
In the Barnegat Bay Tradition1982 | 29minsIn the Barnegat Bay Tradition1982 | 29minsA half-hour documentary about decoy carving and sneakbox (wooden duck-hunting boats) building along the New Jersey Shore, featuring National Heritage Award winning decoy carver…