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Shakers
1974 | 30mins
Shakers
1974 | 30mins
THE SHAKERS traces the growth, decline, and continuing survival of this remarkable religious sect through the memories and songs of Shaker sisters in New Hampshire and Maine.
Grandma's Bottle Village
1982 | 28mins
Grandma's Bottle Village
1982 | 28mins
At 84, Grandma Prisbrey is a vivacious guide to her brilliant houses crammed with objects scavenged from the county dump.
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…
Being A Joines
1981 | 55mins
Being A Joines
1981 | 55mins
John E. "Frail" Joines was a master tale teller from Wilkes County, N. C., on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains. His hunting tales, stories from World War II, and…
When My Work Is Over
2000 | 38mins
When My Work Is Over
2000 | 38mins
The gifted African American storyteller Louise Anderson (1921-1994) tells her family stories and folk tales, and recites poetry in this film taped in Jacksonville, North Carolina,…
Dreadful Memories
1988 | 38mins
Dreadful Memories
1988 | 38mins
Born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Gunning suffered a life of bitter poverty which became the fuel for dozens of moving songs about working people, the mines, and the…
Women of Old Time Music
2003 | 54mins
Women of Old Time Music
2003 | 54mins
Women of Old-time Music: Tradition and Change in the Missouri Ozarks takes on the commonly-held folk music scholarship assertion that women did not widely participate in old-time…
Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer
1975 | 42mins
Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer
1975 | 42mins
Film of the singer/faith healer and folk artist Fannie Bell Chapman from Centreville, Mississippi. Footage includes Chapman and her family singing and praying during church…
Almeda Riddle
1985 | 28mins
Almeda Riddle
1985 | 28mins
This video tells how and where Arkansas ballad singer Almeda Riddle began her 10 year stint of singing old ballads all over the country. In an informal manner, folk musician Starr…
Quilts in Women‘s Lives
1981 | 28mins
Quilts in Women‘s Lives
1981 | 28mins
Quilts was a ground breaking film used by folklorists, anthropologists and historians of art and womens history that presented the lives, art, work and philosophy of ordinary…
Painted Bride
1990 | 25mins
Painted Bride
1990 | 25mins
This 1990 video features the exquisite mehndi body painting tradition as it is practiced among Pakistani immigrants living in Queens, New York City. The film follows a mehndi…
Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans‘ Paintings
1983 | 29mins
Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans‘ Paintings
1983 | 29mins
A portrait of the African-American visionary artist Minnie Evans from Wilmington, N.C., by Academy Award winning filmmakers Irving Saraf and Allie Light.
Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker
1979 | 32mins
Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker
1979 | 32mins
From the placing of an order to the completion of the last stitch, the film details the entire process of creating a traditional Lone Star quilt. As the quilt grows, so does our…
Two Homes, One Heart
1992 | 26mins
Two Homes, One Heart
1992 | 26mins
Sikhs in Northern California celebrate special events with Giddha and Bhangra, songs and dances from their native land, Punjab, India.
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