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Sea Bright Skiff

Sea Bright Skiff

Sea Bright Skiff

The Sea Bright-style skiff dates back to the mid 1800s along the North Jersey Shore. Charles Hankins still hand-crafts these boats of New Jersey cedar and green oak, though they…

Remembering The High Lonesome

Remembering The High Lonesome

Remembering The High Lonesome

Profiles filmmaker, photographer, artist, and musician John Cohen. The film examines the birth of a new artistic ethic and counterculture through John Cohen\'s involvement with…

Dry Wood

A 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…

Texas Style

"Texas Style" is an intimate look at rural Texas culture and the traditional fiddle music played on its back roads. With spirited rhythms and guitar accompaniment, Texas fiddling…

Gravel Springs

Othar Turner, a fife-maker and musician, owns his farm in the Gravel Springs community in northwest Mississippi. The rhythmical music he and his friends play is called "fife and…

Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden

Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden

1987 | 1h 15mins

Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden

1987 | 1h 15mins

A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden was the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Boston's Klezmer Conservatory…

Spirits in the Wood

Spirits in the Wood

Spirits in the Wood

An in-depth portrait of a man, his art, his philosophy, and his creative process, this work cuts across folk and fine art boundaries to explore the energized world and works of…

Painted Bride

This 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…

Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans‘ Paintings

Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans‘ Paintings

Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans‘ Paintings

A portrait of the African-American visionary artist Minnie Evans from Wilmington, N.C., by Academy Award winning filmmakers Irving Saraf and Allie Light.

Mosquitoes and High Water

Mosquitoes and High Water

Mosquitoes and High Water

A video examining the unique history and culture of one of America\'s least known ethnic groups, the Spanish-speaking "Islenos" who live in the bayous east of New Orleans and are…

Home Movie

This 1974 documentary produced in the era before video cameras chronicles the tradition of home movies in American family folklore. It explores the common themes in family films,…

Made in Mississippi

Made in Mississippi

Made in Mississippi

A 1975 Bill Ferris film that features artists from a number of different craft traditions discussing and demonstrating their work, including quilting, sculpting, house building,…

Give My Poor Heart Ease

Give My Poor Heart Ease

Give My Poor Heart Ease

A 1975 account of the blues experience through the recollections and performances of B.B. King, James "Son" Thomas, Shelby "Poppa Jazz" Brown, James "Blood" Shelby, Cleveland…

Black Delta Religion

Black Delta Religion

Black Delta Religion

This film was made from b/w Super 8mm footage that William Ferris gathered in rural Mississippi in 1968. The film includes footage from rural church services and a full immersion…

Tommie Bass

At the time of his death in 1996, "Tommie" Bass, was probably the most well-known herbalist in the United States. The subject of scholarly and popular books, television features,…

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