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Dance Like A River

Dance Like A River

Dance Like A River

Dance Like a River is a documentary portrait of Odadaa!, a remarkable drumming and dance troupe from Ghana West Africa, in the early years of their residence in the United States.

Dink: A Pre-Blues Musician

Dink: A Pre-Blues Musician

Dink: A Pre-Blues Musician

Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old

Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old

Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old

Alan Lomax\'s examination of the talents and wisdom of elderly musicians, singers, and story-tellers, who perform not for fame or fortune but to preserve and share their culture.

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…

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood

An interview with Elijah Pierce in his barbershop on Long Street in Columbus. He talks about his work and his life and shows how his carvings express his experiences and beliefs.

Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver

Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver

Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver

Hundreds of people must remember going to Elijah Pierce's barbershop on Long Street, seeking Pierce's latest woodcarvings, spiritual conversation, or simply a haircut and gossip.…

Everything Change Up Now

Everything Change Up Now

Everything Change Up Now

This documentary explores what has happened to lifestyles of South Carolina sea slanders since slavery, through interviews with Gullah basket weavers, net makers, fishermen,…

Family Across the Sea

Family Across the Sea

Family Across the Sea

Family Across the Sea shows how scholars have uncovered the remarkable connections between the Gullah people of South Carolina and the people of Sierra Leone.

Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer

Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer

Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer

Film of the singer/faith healer and folk artist Fannie Bell Chapman from Centreville, Mississippi. Footage includes Chapman and her family singing and praying during church…

Finah Misa Kule

Finah Misa Kule

Finah Misa Kule

In Search of Finah Misa Kule chronicles the quest of poet Kewulay Kamara to reconstitute an ancient epic handed down in his family.

Free Show Tonite

Free Show Tonite

Free Show Tonite

Presents a nostalgic tribute to the American medicine shows of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Shows a re-creation of a typical medicine show by veteran performers,…

Frogmore Stew

Frogmore Stew is considered a classic Low Country South Carolina dish. This dish is also know as Low-Country boil and Beaufort Stew. The dish gets its name from a place that has…

From Mambo to Hip Hop

From Mambo to Hip Hop

From Mambo to Hip Hop

From Mambo to Hip-Hop dances through the history of a borough that nurtured two musical movements: the mambo that evolved into salsa, and the hip-hop that arose from the most…

Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker

Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker

This film is available in a 63-minute version here: vimeo.com/ondemand/fundiElla Baker, a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., played an instrumental role in shaping the…

Gandy Dancers

Musical traditions and recollections of eight retired African-American railroad track laborers whose occupational folk songs were once heard on railroads that crisscross the South.

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