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Ehrhardt Five and Dime

Ehrhardt Five and Dime

Ehrhardt Five and Dime

There are two downtown stores that have been the cornerstone of Ehrhardt, South Carolina for nearly a hundred years: the Ehrhardt 5 and 10, and Ehrhardt Grocery, once formerly…

Barbecue & Home Cooking

Barbecue & Home Cooking

Barbecue & Home Cooking

The filmmaker is joined by SC folklorist, Saddler Taylor in this “road film” that travels a spontaneous investigating-and-recording-as-you-go journey through the farm roads and…

Southern Stews: A Taste of the South

Southern Stews: A Taste of the South

Southern Stews: A Taste of the South

This spontaneously-shot surprising documentary looks across the South to see the connections between the folk heritage traditions of communal cooking in gigantic black iron pots…

Miami Indian Powwow

Miami Indian Powwow

Miami Indian Powwow

The powwow has become one of the most recognizable forms of Native American celebration today, and occurs in virtually every state in the U.S. But despite the many similarities…

Stepping

This film explores the tradition of African American stepping, primarily among college men and women. Dance forms, chants, songs and social functions of this tradition serve as…

Music For The Sky

Music For The Sky

Music For The Sky

Music for the Sky (2008) is a documentary movie about a community of eccentric revivalist old-time fiddlers living in Vermont and Western Massachusetts, USA. The film revolves…

They Shall Take Up Serpents

They Shall Take Up Serpents

They Shall Take Up Serpents

For the past eighty years, believers living in the Appalachian hills of the southeastern US have incorporated handling serpents and drinking strychnine (a “salvation cocktail”)…

Ray Lum

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

In Jesus‘ Name

In Jesus‘ Name

In Jesus‘ Name

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. Mark 16: 18

Singing Stream Reunion

Singing Stream Reunion

Singing Stream Reunion

This 57 minute documentary continues the story of the Landis family of Creedmoor, NC into the 21 Century. The first film " A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle" was…

And This Is Free

And This Is Free

And This Is Free

And This Is Free (1965) a personal vision of life around Chicago's Maxwell Street open air market shot by the photographer Mike Shea capturing the gritty urban landscape that…

High Lonesome Sound

High Lonesome Sound

High Lonesome Sound

John Cohn's remarkable documentary explores the lives of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed area of Kentucky through spiritual and folk music. Presents songs by revivalist…

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood

An interview with Elijah Pierce in his barbershop on Long Street in Columbus. He talks about his work and his life and shows how his carvings express his experiences and beliefs.

Rhumba Boogie of Uganda

Rhumba Boogie of Uganda

Rhumba Boogie of Uganda

“The Rhumba Boogie of Uganda” tells the story of percussionist Alfred ‘Uganda’ Roberts, and how he has helped creating the new sound of New Orleans post World War II. Mr. Roberts…

Gracious Fanatics

Gracious Fanatics

Gracious Fanatics

Folklorist Tom Mould explores the phenomenon of the kiln opening, when potters sell to collectors the products of a recently fired kiln.

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