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Give the World a Smile
Give the World a Smile
1981 | 26mins
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Give the World a Smile
1981 | 26mins
For generations, the Schuyler family has lived and farmed around the Lowgap Community in North Carolina, and for generations they have produced singers who led revival meetings,…
Buna and Bertha
Buna and Bertha
1973 | 13mins
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Buna and Bertha
1973 | 13mins
Performance of and commentary on Anglo-American ballads and songs by 86 and 92 year old mountain women, Buna Hicks of Beech Creek and Bertha Baird of Rominger in western North…
Gandy Dancers 1973
Gandy Dancers 1973
1973 | 14mins
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Gandy Dancers 1973
1973 | 14mins
This remarkable film features field recordings of work chants of Gandy Dancers including aligning songs and chants to knock out slack in the rail.
This Cat Can Play Anything
This Cat Can Play Anything
1977 | 29mins
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This Cat Can Play Anything
1977 | 29mins
A portrayal of the life and musical career of New Orleans banjo and guitar jazzman Emanuel 'Manny' Sayles, a man whose musical career has in many ways followed the development of…
Moveable Feast
Moveable Feast
1993 | 29mins
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Moveable Feast
1993 | 29mins
This documentary follows a group of Italian-Americans from Boston's North End to their ancestral hometown, Sciacca, Sicily, to participate in the Feast of the Madonna del Soccorso…
Its All In My Hands
Its All In My Hands
1972 | 8mins
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Its All In My Hands
1972 | 8mins
Young Italian American shoemaker John Prince, following in his father Tony's footsteps, invites you into his shop to share the pleasure and pride he feels from his work.
Blues Houseparty
Blues Houseparty
1989 | 57mins
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Blues Houseparty
1989 | 57mins
John Jackson, John Dee Holeman, Friz Holloway and others perform and reminisce about old-time houseparties in North Carolina and Virginia
Hamburger and Dolma
Hamburger and Dolma
2000 | 49mins
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Hamburger and Dolma
2000 | 49mins
Over preparations of a sumptuous Armenian meal of stuffed vegetables (dolma), five Armenian-American women discuss their feelings of alienation from their ethnic community and…
Hamper McBee: Raw Mash
Hamper McBee: Raw Mash
1978 | 29mins
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Hamper McBee: Raw Mash
1978 | 29mins
A candid portrait of the Tennesse ballad singer, story-teller, and part-time moonshiner Hamper McBee.
Jim Northrup: With Reservations
Jim Northrup: With Reservations
1996 | 28mins
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Jim Northrup: With Reservations
1996 | 28mins
Jim Northrup: With Reservations is a half-hour portrait of the Anishinaabe / Ojibwe / Chippewa writer/activist from Naagajiwanaang (Fond du Lac) in northern Minnesota. A lively…
Art of Ironworking
Art of Ironworking
2011 | 16mins
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Art of Ironworking
2011 | 16mins
The culture and identity of contemporary ironworkers in southwestern Wisconsin.
Crossroads
Crossroads
1997 | 52mins
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Crossroads
1997 | 52mins
August 1996, in Uvalde, Texas: the Hernandez family holds a reunion, undoubtedly one of many such gatherings held that summer in small towns across the nation.
Sometimes It‘s Gonna Hurt
Sometimes It‘s Gonna Hurt
1983 | 27mins
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Sometimes It‘s Gonna Hurt
1983 | 27mins
Bull-riding rodeo boys of Oklahoma!
Minneapolis Wrestling Club
Minneapolis Wrestling Club
1998 | 17mins
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Minneapolis Wrestling Club
1998 | 17mins
The Minneapolis Wrestling Club is a 16mm documentary film about four old-school, Midwestern professional wrestlers. With roots in vaudeville and the carnival sideshow, early…
Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge
Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge
2009 | 26mins
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Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge
2009 | 26mins
When Mr. Jimmy Moore challenged himself to run 80 kilometers in 1 day for his 80th birthday, his small Mississippi town got behind him to see if they too could "run their age,"…

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