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Ben‘s Mill
1981 | 26mins
Ben‘s Mill
1981 | 26mins
Ben Thresher's mill is one of the few water-powered, wood-working mills left in this country. Operating in rural Vermont since 1848, the mill is a unique link between the age of…
Other Side of Eden trailer
2018 | 1mins
Other Side of Eden trailer
2018 | 1mins
On a hot July night in 1932 a black tenant farmer in Northern Virginia slipped into his landowner’s home “Edenhurst,” beat him unconscious with a piece of stove wood, and dragged…
Madison County Project
2005 | 24mins
Madison County Project
2005 | 24mins
This video examines the tradition of unaccompanied ballad singing in Madison County, North Carolina and how both documentary work and the power of family and community have…
End of an Old Song
1969 | 30mins
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…
Bronx Irish at the Ramparts
1984 | 28mins
Bronx Irish at the Ramparts
1984 | 28mins
The story of the settlement of Irish immigrants in the North Bronx, New York, and how the once predominantly Irish neighborhoods are changing because of the influx of other groups.
Woodsmen and River Drivers
1989 | 28mins
Woodsmen and River Drivers
1989 | 28mins
Men and women who worked for the Machias Lumber Company before 1930 share their recollections of the logging industry in Maine when they cut trees by hand, hauled logs to the…
Memories of Prince Albert Hunt
1974 | 29mins
Memories of Prince Albert Hunt
1974 | 29mins
An experimental film by Ken Harrison, Dallas filmmaker, in the use of Super 8 film for television production. The film is a study of a Terrell, Texas, blues singer/fiddler of the…
Cameraman Has Visited Our Town
1989 | 19mins
Cameraman Has Visited Our Town
1989 | 19mins
An introduction to H. Lee Waters and his Movies of Local People 1936 to 1942. A film by Tom Whiteside.
Let the World Listen Right
2006 | 29mins
Let the World Listen Right
2006 | 29mins
Hip-hop and Blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Top Notch and Da Fam as well as performances by blues artist Terry "Big T" Williams and gospel singer Martha Raybon.
Old Believers
1981 | 29mins
Old Believers
1981 | 29mins
Hixon\'s film documents a real-life wedding in the Old Believer settlements of Marion County, Oregon, in the years 1979 and 1980. The film briefly touches on a wealth of…
Medicine Fiddle
1991 | 1h 21mins
Medicine Fiddle
1991 | 1h 21mins
Fiddlers and dancers from Native and Metis families of the northern United States and Canada carry on the musical traditions passed down from early settlers. The film weaves…
Tradition Bearers
1983 | 48mins
Tradition Bearers
1983 | 48mins
A documentary about Finnish American history and folk art expressed through the lives and repertories of our folk artists living in the western Great Lakes Region.
Fiddlers‘ Grove: A Celebration of Old Time
1994 | 56mins
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…
Blow the Tannery Whistle
1994 | 34mins
Blow the Tannery Whistle
1994 | 34mins
Playwrite Gary Carden's story of growing up in Sylva, North Carolina.
This Cat Can Play Anything
1977 | 29mins
This Cat Can Play Anything
1977 | 29mins
A portrayal of the life and musical career of New Orleans banjo and guitar jazzman Emanuel 'Manny' Sayles, a man whose musical career has in many ways followed the development of…
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