Music Films

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

Blues Like Showers of Rain

Blues Like Showers of Rain

Blues Like Showers of Rain

Born for Hard Luck

Born for Hard Luck

Born for Hard Luck

A film portrait of the last Black medicine-show performer, Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson, with harmonica songs, tales of hoboing, buckdances, and a live medicine-show performance.

Buna and Bertha

Buna and Bertha

Buna and Bertha

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…

Cajun Country

Alan Lomax's wonderful documentary about the bayous of Louisiana which have combined French, German, West Indian, native American and hillbilly ingredients into a unique cultural…

Cajun Visits

A series of musical portraits of traditional Cajun master musicians Denis McGee, Wallace “Cheese” Read, Canray Fontenot, Leopold François and Robert Jardell at home in rural…

Catching the Music

Catching the Music

Catching the Music

An hour-long WETA-TV documentary on musician Stephen Wade. Catching the Music describes the passing of the banjo from one player to the next. The film includes footage of Kirk…

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie’s Place, tells the story of an African American nightclub in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina that was a significant stop on the Chitlin’ Circuit in the segregated South. The…

Chuck Suchy: Sure Am Glad To Be Around

Chuck Suchy: Sure Am Glad To Be Around

Chuck Suchy: Sure Am Glad To Be Around

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…

Cigarette Blues

Cigarette Blues

Cigarette Blues

This is one of three short films in the Living Texas Blues series. Cigarette Blues features Sonny Rhodes and the Texas Twisters performing at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland,…

Clifftop Cameos (1)

Clifftop Cameos (1)

Clifftop Cameos (1)

Short film highlighting the passion of the people who come to the Cifftop festival in West Virginia and play together with their friends.

Cradle is Rocking

Cradle is Rocking

Cradle is Rocking

George "Kid Shiek" Colar and the Olympia Brass Band are featured in this rare film about New Orleans Jazz, directed by Frank DeCola and photographed by Tom Davenport.

Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story

Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story

2018 | 1h 18mins

Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story

2018 | 1h 18mins

In the 1970s, the Highwoods Stringband’s unique blend of musical brilliance, exuberance, sparkling wit, and eclectic repertoire introduced tens of thousands of delighted listeners…

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.

Dance to the Music and Listen to the Calls

Dance to the Music and Listen to the Calls

Dance to the Music and Listen to the Calls

Larry Edelman produced this video in 1987 while studying square dance calling with Jerry Goodwin. Recorded at the Prosperity Fire Hall in western Pennsylvania the video features…

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