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This Cat Can Play Anything

This Cat Can Play Anything

This Cat Can Play Anything

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

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

Its All In My Hands

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

Blues Houseparty

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

Hamburger and Dolma

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

Hamper McBee: Raw Mash

A candid portrait of the Tennesse ballad singer, story-teller, and part-time moonshiner Hamper McBee.

Jim Northrup: With Reservations

Jim Northrup: With Reservations

Jim Northrup: With Reservations

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

Art of Ironworking

The culture and identity of contemporary ironworkers in southwestern Wisconsin.

Crossroads

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

Sometimes It‘s Gonna Hurt

Bull-riding rodeo boys of Oklahoma!

Minneapolis Wrestling Club

Minneapolis Wrestling Club

Minneapolis Wrestling Club

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

Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge

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,"…

Basketmaker

1973 16-mm film of Elizabeth Proper, the last of the white oak basketmakers in a community near Taconic Hills in eastern New York State.

To Hear Your Banjo Play

To Hear Your Banjo Play

To Hear Your Banjo Play

The story of Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States. Written by Alan Lomax and directed by Irving Lerner, this short feature includes…

Blow the Tannery Whistle

Blow the Tannery Whistle

Blow the Tannery Whistle

Playwrite Gary Carden's story of growing up in Sylva, North Carolina.

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