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Cityfolks
2018 | 55mins
Cityfolks
2018 | 55mins
Stranger With a Camera
2000 | 1h
Stranger With a Camera
2000 | 1h
During the 1960s, filmmakers from around the world came to Appalachia to document the dire conditions of the region’s poorest residents. Media focused the nation’s attention on…
Unbroken Circle
1985 | 57mins
Unbroken Circle
1985 | 57mins
The film traces the development of traditional country music in Vermont from unaccompanied ballads through Franco- and Anglo-American fiddling to radio cowboy bands and…
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass
1992 | 95mins
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass
1992 | 95mins
The 1994 documentary "High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music", directed by Rachel Liebling, traces the evolution of bluegrass music from its Appalachian roots to the present…
Tarheels of the Northwest
1979 | 29mins
Tarheels of the Northwest
1979 | 29mins
Half-hour documentary focusing on the music and cultural traditions of a unique community of North Carolinians, now settled in Darrington, Washington. Released through Southern…
Hrvati!
1982
Hrvati!
1982
Half-hour documentary on the artistic and cultural heritage of Croatian immigrants in Washington state. Broadcast February 25,1981. Exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution Folk…
Firehouse Women
1998 | 28mins
Firehouse Women
1998 | 28mins
A half-hour 1998 film by Ellen Walter about a North Carolina firehouse that’s been converted into a restaurant and the women who sing gospel music there.
Me and Stella
1976
Me and Stella
1976
Geri Ashur’s Me & Stella traces the life of blues musician, folk singer, and composer Elizabeth Cotten—and her guitar, Stella—who is best known for writing the folk standard…
Circle of the Sun
1960 | 29mins
Circle of the Sun
1960 | 29mins
This short documentary by Colin Low is an invitation to a gathering of the Káínaa of Alberta - as the Sun Dance is captured on film for the first time. The film shows how the…
Warriors
1987 | 57mins
Warriors
1987 | 57mins
Warriors explores the experience of the Native Americans who fought in America's most controversial war- the Vietnam-era conflict. Humorous and unflinching, this program shows us…
Sacred Buffalo People
1992 | 58mins
Sacred Buffalo People
1992 | 58mins
The buffalo, or American bison, was once a vital and integral part of the culture of the Plains Indians, centering a spirituality that honored all living things. Sacred Buffalo…
Cree Hunters of the Mistassini
1974 | 58mins
Cree Hunters of the Mistassini
1974 | 58mins
An National Film Board of Canada (NFB) crew filmed a group of three families, Cree hunters from Mistassini. Since times predating agriculture, this First Nations people have gone…
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
Pete Seeger helped introduce America to its own musical heritage, devoting his life to using the power of song as a force for social change. With his deeply-held beliefs, Seeger…
BANJO TALES with Mike Seeger
2012 | 57mins
BANJO TALES with Mike Seeger
2012 | 57mins
In 2009, filmmaker Yasha Aginsky accompanied the great old-time musician Mike Seeger and his wife Alexia on recording trips through the Southeastern United States.A tireless…
Union Time
2018 | 1h 9mins
Union Time
2018 | 1h 9mins
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights follows the story of workers at the Smithfield Pork Processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, who fought for safe, fair working…
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