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Bubby
Bubby
1969 | 4mins
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Bubby
1969 | 4mins
From Shore to Shore - Retrospective Reels
From Shore to Shore - Retrospective Reels
1988 | 52mins
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From Shore to Shore - Retrospective Reels
1988 | 52mins
Beginning in April 1988, a number of oral histories and Irish traditional music and dance performances were videotaped for the documentary From Shore To Shore: Irish Traditional…
People Who Take Up Serpents
People Who Take Up Serpents
1974 | 36mins
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People Who Take Up Serpents
1974 | 36mins
Members of a branch of the Holiness churches who base their religious beliefs and practices on Bible verses, especially Mark 16:18. The members handle serpents, hold fire to their…
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
1990 | 1h 10mins
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Amazing Grace
1990 | 1h 10mins
Across time, oceans and cultures, "Amazing Grace" has endured as one of the most popular pieces of music in the English language. Its universal appeal inspired the acclaimed…
Language You Cry In
Language You Cry In
1998 | 52mins
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Language You Cry In
1998 | 52mins
The Language You Cry In tells an amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles, from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of…
Showdown at the Hoedown
Showdown at the Hoedown
1976 | 57mins
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Showdown at the Hoedown
1976 | 57mins
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…
Music Makers: Seamus Connolly and Friends
Music Makers: Seamus Connolly and Friends
1991 | 27mins
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Music Makers: Seamus Connolly and Friends
1991 | 27mins
Séamus was 12 years old when he began playing the fiddle. As a young musician he traveled throughout Ireland, meeting and playing music with some of the legends of Irish music.…
Grandma Moses
Grandma Moses
1950 | 23mins
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Grandma Moses
1950 | 23mins
Anna Mary Robertson Moses better known as "Grandma Moses" did all of her painting from remembrance of things past. She liked to sit quietly and think, she once said, and remember…
Revisiting Flaherty‘s Louisiana Story
Revisiting Flaherty‘s Louisiana Story
2006 | 1h 4mins
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Revisiting Flaherty‘s Louisiana Story
2006 | 1h 4mins
In 2006, Filmmaker Rob Rombout led a group of students at Louisiana State University in a workshop that created short films revisiting the people and places of documentary maker…
They Live In Guinea
They Live In Guinea
1996 | 51mins
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They Live In Guinea
1996 | 51mins
Within the context of the universal problem of how rural communities must contend with the complex forces of modernization, They Live in Guinea paints a sensitive portrait of the…
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.…
Flight of the Dove
Flight of the Dove
1989 | 29mins
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Flight of the Dove
1989 | 29mins
A portrait of the Portuguese-American dairy-farming community in the Chino Valley of southern California. This is one of the first films ever to document the experiences and…
Life and Times of Joe Thompson
Life and Times of Joe Thompson
2004 | 27mins
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Life and Times of Joe Thompson
2004 | 27mins
The story of the last African American fiddle player in North Carolina whose unique style of music has been passed down in his family for over three hundred years.
Plenazos Callejeros
Plenazos Callejeros
2012 | 1h 4mins
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Plenazos Callejeros
2012 | 1h 4mins
PLENA! A folkloric genre native to Puerto Rico whose creation was influenced by African and Caribbean music.

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