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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.

Watermen

1968 | 1h 3mins

1968 | 1h 3mins

In 1965, Maryland watermen on the Chesapeake Bay operated the last U.S. fleet of sailing workboats, using "skipjacks" to dredge oysters under a motorized dredging ban. Filmmakers…

Mountain Talk

Language and Life in Southern Appalachia – The people of Southern Appalachia survived for centuries in a rugged and remote landscape. Their historic isolation promoted the…

Where Do They All Go?

Where Do They All Go?

Where Do They All Go?

As a teenager, growing up in the mountains of rural northern Virginia, Jerry Payne asked "Animals are dying all the time. Where do they all go?"

olkstreams is hoping to help other countries archive and streams films about their own traditional cultures and this is our first experiment in International cooperation.This is a…

Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco

Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco

Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco

A 1988 8mm video documentary about the street children of San Francisco. The video documents the expressive traditions of a group of young runaways who formed an alternative…

Covered Bridges

Covered Bridges

Covered Bridges

This film examines the vernacular architecture of Indiana’s many covered bridges, including their use as a key symbol of local identity.

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