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People Who Take Up Serpents

People Who Take Up Serpents

People Who Take Up Serpents

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

1990 | 1h 10mins

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

Language You Cry In

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

Showdown at the Hoedown

Fiddlers‘ Grove: A Celebration of Old Time

Fiddlers‘ Grove: A Celebration of Old Time

Fiddlers‘ Grove: A Celebration of Old Time

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

Music Makers: Seamus Connolly and Friends

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

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

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

They Live In Guinea

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

Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver

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

Flight of the Dove

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

Life and Times of Joe Thompson

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

Plenazos Callejeros

2012 | 1h 4mins

PLENA! A folkloric genre native to Puerto Rico whose creation was influenced by African and Caribbean music.

His Eye is on the Sparrow

His Eye is on the Sparrow

His Eye is on the Sparrow

Ethel Caffie-Austin, daughter of the coalfields, is West Virginia\'s "First Lady of Gospel Music." This program features Ethel performing a range of spirituals, hymns and…

Tradition Bearers

Tradition Bearers

Tradition Bearers

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.

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