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Covered Bridges
Covered Bridges
1998 | 11mins
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Covered Bridges
1998 | 11mins
This film examines the vernacular architecture of Indiana’s many covered bridges, including their use as a key symbol of local identity.
Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women
Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women
1985 | 29mins
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Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women
1985 | 29mins
The cowgirls in this documentary are contemporary women aged six to sixty, who ride, rope and tough out the elements just as well as their more famous cowboy counterparts. The…
Cypress Camp Meeting
Cypress Camp Meeting
2007 | 43mins
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Cypress Camp Meeting
2007 | 43mins
Dedans Le Sud de la Louisiane
Dedans Le Sud de la Louisiane
1972 | 45mins
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Dedans Le Sud de la Louisiane
1972 | 45mins
A travelogue study of Cajun and Creole music and culture, circa 1972: a mythical land, its people, their ancient French language and most of all their wonderful musical…
Drake‘s Barbecue
Drake‘s Barbecue
2014 | 9mins
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Drake‘s Barbecue
2014 | 9mins
Drake's is a a barbecue shack back off the road...as they pull in and Stan begins to shoot, the owner appears and begins waving and calling him to come eat "the best barbecue and…
Edd Presnell: Dulcimer Maker
Edd Presnell: Dulcimer Maker
1973 | 6mins
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Edd Presnell: Dulcimer Maker
1973 | 6mins
Edd Presnell, a mountain craftsman and native of Watauga County, North Carolina, demonstrates and comments on the construction of a dulcimer. Presnell learned his craft from his…
End of an Old Song
End of an Old Song
1969 | 30mins
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End of an Old Song
1969 | 30mins
Filmed in the mountains of North Carolina, this acclaimed documentary revisits the region where English folklorist Cecil Sharp collected British ballads in the early 1900s. The…
Euchre
Euchre
1998 | 12mins
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Euchre
1998 | 12mins
This film examines the card game euchre, played with gusto throughout the Midwest. Focus is on the informal traditions surrounding the game including hand gestures, jargon, taunts…
Family Farm
Family Farm
1973 | 6mins
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Family Farm
1973 | 6mins
A day on the farm with the David and Ada Schwartz family in the Indiana Amish community. This 1968 film shows the family making apple butter. David Schwartz talks anecdotally…
Fiddlers‘ Grove: A Celebration of Old Time
Fiddlers‘ Grove: A Celebration of Old Time
1994 | 56mins
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Fiddlers‘ Grove: A Celebration of Old Time
1994 | 56mins
Every spring for more than 75 years musicians from all over the country gather in the foothills of North Carolina at Fiddler's Grove. Susan and Donna Campbell's hour-long…
Fire Dance
Fire Dance
2002 | 27mins
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Fire Dance
2002 | 27mins
Fire Dance presents the emerging art form called fire dancing, as practiced in the northwestern United States. The dancers explain their attraction to "playing with fire", how…
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,…
Gimble‘s Swing
Gimble‘s Swing
1981 | 27mins
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Gimble‘s Swing
1981 | 27mins
Ken Harrison\'s 1981 profile of Johnny Gimble and his life in Western Swing. Johnny Gimble received an NEA National Heritage Award in 1994.
Handmade
Handmade
2011 | 30mins
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Handmade
2011 | 30mins
Handmade examines the white oak basketry tradition in Cannon County, Tennessee, and the evolution of baskets from utilitarian gathering vessels to intricate, prized, works of folk…
High Lonesome Sound
High Lonesome Sound
1963 | 30mins
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High Lonesome Sound
1963 | 30mins
John Cohn's remarkable documentary explores the lives of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed area of Kentucky through spiritual and folk music. Presents songs by revivalist…

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