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Two Black Churches

Two Black Churches

Two Black Churches

TWO BLACK CHURCHES" is based on fieldwork Bill Ferris conducted at a church in Vicksburg, Mississippi and at a church in New Haven, Conn. Footage includes a full immersion…

Tinker

John Forshee was born about 1883 and died in 1974 at Cincinnatus, NY. He was a third generation tinsmith and he was filmed in 1973, using his grandfather\'s patented tinsmithing…

One Big Union

Ralph Fasanella was born on Labor Day, 1914 in New York\'s Little Italy neighborhood to Joe the Iceman and Ginevre the Buttonhole Maker from Bari, Italy. His rough childhood among…

LaVaughn Robinson

LaVaughn Robinson

LaVaughn Robinson

LaVaughn Robinson, a National Heritage Fellowship award winner, was a tap-dance virtuoso on the big-band circuit in the 1940s and ’50s who became a master teacher and a major…

Swapping Stories

Swapping Stories

Swapping Stories

Tall tales, oyster shucking monsters, and some good old fashioned jokes are all on the menu in Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana.

Hazel Dickens

From the coalfields of West Virginia to the factories of Baltimore, Hazel Dickens has lived the songs she sings. Interviews with Hazel and fellow musicians such as Alison Krauss,…

Put Me Down Easy

Put Me Down Easy

Put Me Down Easy

The Charlie McClendon Story explores the life and career of one of Norfolk, Virginia’s most talented Rhythm & Blues and Gospel artists. Though largely unknown to the general…

Sometimes I Run

Sometimes I Run

Sometimes I Run

1973 portrait of Stanley Maupin who cleans sidewalks at night for the Dallas Department of Sanitation. A film by Blaine Dunlap with music by Ken Watson.

It‘s A Mean Old World

It‘s A Mean Old World

It‘s A Mean Old World

By the time "It's A Mean Old World" was filmed, Reverend Pearly Brown had been struggling to survive singing gospel music for nearly 40 years. While the rough sound of his…

Ken Camp - Railbirding Guide

Ken Camp - Railbirding Guide

Ken Camp - Railbirding Guide

This documentary was part of a film on five short subjects about traditional activities in the New Jersey Pinelands National Preserve: railbirding in the meadows, cranberry…

Scandinavian Folk Music in Minnesota

Scandinavian Folk Music in Minnesota

Scandinavian Folk Music in Minnesota

Scandanavian Folk Music in Minnesota celebrates the musical and cultural legacy that grew out of the Scandinavian immigration to Minnesota- a legacy that is still being practiced…

Hello Columbus

Popular media personality Mal Sharpe guides viewers through an Italian-American Columbus Day celebration in San Francisco where we meet Joe Cervetto, a legend in the city for his…

Closing Time

The New York real estate market forces the oldest store in Little Italy to shut down. The film is a portrait of a family, of the neighborhood that used to be and of the way the…

Buck Season at Bear Meadows Sunset

Buck Season at Bear Meadows Sunset

Buck Season at Bear Meadows Sunset

A portrait of a hunting camp in northern Appalachia, the men who hunt there, and the traditions they keep alive. The men hunt the old way: they drive the deer. They keep the…

Mennonites of Manitoba

Mennonites of Manitoba

Mennonites of Manitoba

The Mennonites of Manitoba is the story of a modest, peaceful, religious people. A people who have fled from Holland to Poland, from Poland to Ukraine, and from Ukraine to…

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