Work Films

Sugar House

Maple syrup continues to be produced the old way by small independent family farmers in the woods of New Hampshire.

Sometimes I Run

Sometimes I Run

Sometimes I Run

1973 portrait of Stanley Maupin who cleans sidewalks at night for the Dallas Department of Sanitation. A film by Blaine Dunlap with music by Ken Watson.

Smithy

Delbert Smith, 88, a hereditary blacksmith, illuminates life around the forge.

Singing Fishermen of Ghana

Singing Fishermen of Ghana

Singing Fishermen of Ghana

Pete and Toshi Seeger documented work songs of a fishing community in Ghana, the West-African roots of the work-song tradition shown in the films "Afro American Worksongs in a…

Sea Bright Skiff

Sea Bright Skiff

Sea Bright Skiff

The Sea Bright-style skiff dates back to the mid 1800s along the North Jersey Shore. Charles Hankins still hand-crafts these boats of New Jersey cedar and green oak, though they…

River, Rails or Road

River, Rails or Road

River, Rails or Road

“River, Rails or Road” reflects singer-songwriter Tom Breiding’s admiration for his home state of West Virginia, his respect for the triumphs, hardships and dedication of the…

Ray Lum

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

Ranch Album

1987 | 1h 4mins

1987 | 1h 4mins

Ranch Album celebrates rough country ranching in Northern Arizona and shows real cowboy life.

Pioneer Axe

This is a short film made by Peter Vogt in 1965 about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe…

Pilebutts

A union-produced documentary about pile drivers, courageous men and women better known as "pilebutts," who secure structures like bridges and skyscrapers to the earth. Pilebutts…

People's Stuff

People's Stuff is a document of six collectors of unusual objects. Creating an environment for storytelling, the subjects reveal inner dreams and motivations as they share both…

Pearl Fisher

The freshwater pearl industry once flourished along Indiana's inland waterways. The Wabash, flowing south from Lafayette to join the Ohio at Mt. Vernon, bustled with the shallow…

Parchman Penitentiary

Parchman Penitentiary

Parchman Penitentiary

William Ferris's 1969 movie of singing and preaching in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Shot on B&W 8-mm film. Ferris added the recorded sound later, and it is not in…

Our Lives in Our Hands

Our Lives in Our Hands

Our Lives in Our Hands

This 1986 film examines the traditional Native American craft of split ash basketmaking as a means of economic and cultural survival for Aroostook Micmac Indians of northern…

Ott Blair

Demonstration of and commentary on the mountain craft of building wooden farm sleds by Ott Blair, a native of Heaton, North Carolina. Discussion includes first selling sled and…

Showing page 2 of 6.

Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next Page