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Gimble‘s Swing
1981 | 27mins
Gimble‘s Swing
1981 | 27mins
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
1996 | 40mins
Paj Ntaub
1996 | 40mins
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
1974 | 27mins
Homeplace
1974 | 27mins
A nostalgic documentary capturing the folklife and traditions of northern Mississippi’s hill country in the early 1970s.
Watermen
1968 | 1h 3mins
Watermen
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
2003 | 56mins
Mountain Talk
2003 | 56mins
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?
2013 | 42mins
Where Do They All Go?
2013 | 42mins
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?"
Narikuravar
2008 | 14mins
Narikuravar
2008 | 14mins
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
1988 | 29mins
Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco
1988 | 29mins
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
1998 | 11mins
Covered Bridges
1998 | 11mins
This film examines the vernacular architecture of Indiana’s many covered bridges, including their use as a key symbol of local identity.
Morel Mushrooms
1998 | 17mins
Morel Mushrooms
1998 | 17mins
This film explores the secretive traditions surrounding morel mushroom hunting, including legends, search strategies, tall tales, festivals, superstitions and family recipes.
Euchre
1998 | 12mins
Euchre
1998 | 12mins
This film examines the card game euchre, played with gusto throughout the Midwest. Focus is on the informal traditions surrounding the game including hand gestures, jargon, taunts…
Weaver
1974 | 8mins
Weaver
1974 | 8mins
Featuring, Margaret Carr, a well-known figure in the upstate New York weaving community
Estate
2014 | 12mins
Estate
2014 | 12mins
This films invites us in to watch the preparation of an estate sale where the majority of a person\'s content of their home and collections will be sold at the end of their life
Cliff and Steve Frazer - Cedar Farmers
1986 | 5mins
Cliff and Steve Frazer - Cedar Farmers
1986 | 5mins
This documentary was part of a program on five short subjects about traditional activities in the New Jersey Pinelands National Preserve: railbirding in the meadows, cranberry…
Circus Minimus
1977 | 3mins
Circus Minimus
1977 | 3mins
Jack Ofield's 16-mm film shows the work of Henry Duncklee, who retired from his job as a circus sign painter in 1949, and begin building this circus of his own.
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