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Parchman Penitentiary
1969 | 18mins
Parchman Penitentiary
1969 | 18mins
William Ferris's 1969 movie of singing and preaching in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Shot on B&W 8-mm film. Ferris added the recorded sound later, and it is not in…
Eva Nuanez: Memories of My Musical Life
2015 | 36mins
Eva Nuanez: Memories of My Musical Life
2015 | 36mins
Eva was born in 1921 in Berwind, Colorado. A coal miner’s daughter, she grew up without formal musical training. She taught herself how to play the violin by ear, playing and…
Mississippi Delta Blues
1974 | 18mins
Mississippi Delta Blues
1974 | 18mins
From 1968 to 1970, Bill Ferris travelled from farms, to jooks to homes collecting music he felt best expressed the richness of the Mississippi Delta.
Zampogna
2009 | 1h 20mins
Zampogna
2009 | 1h 20mins
Follow a young Italian-American's cultural odyessy though the depths of Italy's most remote and traditional regions, told through the story of Italian folk music.
Soulful Sound
2005 | 56mins
Soulful Sound
2005 | 56mins
Throughout their travels, this enduring ethnic group maintained their traditional religious music, their lullabies and folk songs, their vocal and instrumental music. "A Soulful…
Chuck Suchy: Sure Am Glad To Be Around
2011 | 26mins
Chuck Suchy: Sure Am Glad To Be Around
2011 | 26mins
Chuck Suchy: Sure am Glad to be Around is an intimate portrait of iconic North Dakota musician Chuck Suchy. He talks about his creative process, the lessons he learned as an…
Music District
1996 | 56mins
Music District
1996 | 56mins
The Music District is a one-hour documentary profiling four African American traditional music groups practicing and performing for fans and congregants in the neighborhood…
Homemade American Music
1980 | 40mins
Homemade American Music
1980 | 40mins
A 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…
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