Narrative & Verbal Arts: Storytelling Films

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Mermaids, Frog Legs, and Fillets
Mermaids, Frog Legs, and Fillets
1978 | 18mins
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Mermaids, Frog Legs, and Fillets
1978 | 18mins
Long before the advent of hip-hop as a multi-million dollar industry, African Americans were rapping and rhyming in the street, in their neighborhoods, and on the fish market…
Living Stone
Living Stone
1958 | 34mins
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Living Stone
1958 | 34mins
This documentary shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit approach to the work is to release the image the artist sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film…
Lige: Portrait of a Rawhide Worker
Lige: Portrait of a Rawhide Worker
1985 | 29mins
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Lige: Portrait of a Rawhide Worker
1985 | 29mins
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…
La Décima Borinqueña
La Décima Borinqueña
2005 | 23mins
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La Décima Borinqueña
2005 | 23mins
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…
In the Moment
In the Moment
2022 | 1h
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In the Moment
2022 | 1h
In the Moment introduces viewers to payadores, emboladores, decimistas, bertsolari poets, extempo and freestyle rap artists from Argentina, Canary Islands, Brazil, Portugal,…
I Ain‘t Lying
I Ain‘t Lying
1975 | 22mins
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I Ain‘t Lying
1975 | 22mins
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…
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.
Free Show Tonite
Free Show Tonite
1983 | 58mins
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Free Show Tonite
1983 | 58mins
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,…
Finah Misa Kule
Finah Misa Kule
2015 | 41mins
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Finah Misa Kule
2015 | 41mins
In Search of Finah Misa Kule chronicles the quest of poet Kewulay Kamara to reconstitute an ancient epic handed down in his family.
Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver
Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver
1974 | 18mins
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Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver
1974 | 18mins
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.…
Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood
Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood
1980 | 27mins
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Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood
1980 | 27mins
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.
Cowboy Poets
Cowboy Poets
1988 | 53mins
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Cowboy Poets
1988 | 53mins
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…
Cooperative Grocery
Cooperative Grocery
2008 | 17mins
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Cooperative Grocery
2008 | 17mins
This is a remarkable "inside" glimpse into Southern folk culture and the roots of Southern "raconteurship" at it’s most authentic and best.
Born for Hard Luck
Born for Hard Luck
1976 | 29mins
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Born for Hard Luck
1976 | 29mins
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.
Blow the Tannery Whistle
Blow the Tannery Whistle
1994 | 34mins
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Blow the Tannery Whistle
1994 | 34mins
Playwrite Gary Carden's story of growing up in Sylva, North Carolina.

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