Featured Films
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End of an Old Song1969 | 30mins
End 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… -
Catching the Music1987 | 54minsCatching the Music1987 | 54minsAn hour-long WETA-TV documentary on musician Stephen Wade. Catching the Music describes the passing of the banjo from one player to the next. The film includes footage of Kirk… -
Painted Bride1990 | 25minsPainted Bride1990 | 25minsThis 1990 video features the exquisite mehndi body painting tradition as it is practiced among Pakistani immigrants living in Queens, New York City. The film follows a mehndi… -
Simple Gifts1972 | 27minsSimple Gifts1972 | 27minsProduced by Ohio Bell Telephone and narrated by Ralph Rinzler from the Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Center, this film highlight aspects of Folklife in the State of Ohio. It… -
Watermen1968 | 1h 3minsWatermen1968 | 1h 3minsIn 1965, Maryland watermen on the Chesapeake Bay operated the last U.S. fleet of sailing workboats, using "skipjacks" to dredge oysters under a motorized dredging ban. Filmmakers…