Narrative & Verbal Arts: Storytelling Films

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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.…

Blow the Tannery Whistle

Blow the Tannery Whistle

Blow the Tannery Whistle

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

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.

Red Alexander

This video documents the passions of 80 year old "Red" Alexander: building ships (both model and real), wood working, and story telling. Red was encouraged by the sale of one of…

Lige: Portrait of a Rawhide Worker

Lige: Portrait of a Rawhide Worker

Lige: Portrait of a Rawhide Worker

Henry Elijah "Lige" Langston was born in 1908 in the Great Basin outback on a homestead. He worked his entire life as a wrangler and rawhide braider in the region known as the…

Tales of the Supernatural

Tales of the Supernatural

Tales of the Supernatural

This film documents a group of teenagers telling urban legends, ghost stories and horror tales. The film explores how teenagers transmit horror stories, what the functions of such…

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,…

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 the…

Cowboy Poets

American cowboys have been writing poetry for more than a century. Cowboy Poets profiles three cowboy reciters--Waddie Mitchell, Slim Kite and Wally McRae--representing three…

La Décima Borinqueña

La Décima Borinqueña

La Décima Borinqueña

Portrayal of four renowned Puerto Rican décima troubadours as they come together to revive the Roundtable tradition and to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Don Quixote…

Cooperative Grocery

Cooperative Grocery

Cooperative Grocery

This is a remarkable "inside" glimpse into Southern folk culture and the roots of Southern "raconteurship" at it’s most authentic and best.

Ray Lum

Ray Lum (1891--1977) was a mule skinner, a livestock trader, an auctioneer, and an American original.

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.

I Ain‘t Lying

I Ain‘t Lying

I Ain‘t Lying

16mm color documentary based on fieldwork William Ferris conducted with African American storytellers and bluesmen in the communities of Leland and Rose Hill, Mississippi. The…

While The Ages Roll On

While The Ages Roll On

While The Ages Roll On

Filmmaker Kevin Ballings writes...My interest in this topic is not religious, but cultural and ethnographic. The Old Regular Baptists are one of the most traditional religious…

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