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Kings of Christmas

Kings of Christmas

Kings of Christmas

The Kings of Christmas, introduces the men and women, the vast majority of whom are Italian-American, behind the biggest, brightest, and most over-the-top holiday decorated houses…

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie’s Place, tells the story of an African American nightclub in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina that was a significant stop on the Chitlin’ Circuit in the segregated South. The…

United States Public Folklore: The Watershed Years

United States Public Folklore: The Watershed Years

United States Public Folklore: The Watershed Years

The intimate stories of how a few dedicated people changed US public policy and brought recognition and financial support to folk and traditional artists in the United States by…

Singing Stream trailer

Singing Stream trailer

Singing Stream trailer

Clog Dance (British Film Institute Youtube site)

Clog Dance (British Film Institute Youtube site)

Clog Dance (British Film Institute Youtube site)

“An impromptu expression of enjoyment” - the revival of clog dancing in Portmadog, North Wales England and of the craft of clog-making.

Sugar House

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

I Ain‘t Lying

I Ain‘t Lying

I Ain‘t Lying

16mm color documentary based on fieldwork William Ferris conducted with African American storytellers and bluesmen in the communities of Leland and Rose Hill, Mississippi. The…

César‘s Bark Canoe

César‘s Bark Canoe

César‘s Bark Canoe

Using only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum, César Newashish, a 67 year old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve demonstrates how to build a canoe the "old" way.

Handmade

Handmade examines the white oak basketry tradition in Cannon County, Tennessee, and the evolution of baskets from utilitarian gathering vessels to intricate, prized, works of folk…

The Lost Syrian Neighborhood in Boston

The Lost Syrian Neighborhood in Boston

The Lost Syrian Neighborhood in Boston

Syrians have woven themselves into the fabric of American society since the late 19th century. Starting in the 1890\'s, Boston, Massachusetts, was once home to one of the first…

While The Ages Roll On

While The Ages Roll On

While The Ages Roll On

Filmmaker Kevin Ballings writes...My interest in this topic is not religious, but cultural and ethnographic. The Old Regular Baptists are one of the most traditional religious…

Finah Misa Kule

Finah Misa Kule

Finah Misa Kule

In Search of Finah Misa Kule chronicles the quest of poet Kewulay Kamara to reconstitute an ancient epic handed down in his family.

Gimble‘s Swing

Gimble‘s Swing

Gimble‘s Swing

Ken Harrison\'s 1981 profile of Johnny Gimble and his life in Western Swing. Johnny Gimble received an NEA National Heritage Award in 1994.

Paj Ntaub

Hmong textile art, Paj ntaub or "flower cloth" consists of textile arts traditionally practiced by Hmong people. The Hmong, a nomadic group originating in China, migrated through…

Homeplace

A nostalgic documentary capturing the folklife and traditions of northern Mississippi’s hill country in the early 1970s.

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