All Films

LaVaughn Robinson
LaVaughn Robinson
2003 | 29mins
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LaVaughn Robinson
2003 | 29mins
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
1998 | 26mins
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Swapping Stories
1998 | 26mins
Tall tales, oyster shucking monsters, and some good old fashioned jokes are all on the menu in Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana.
Hazel Dickens
Hazel Dickens
2001 | 1h
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Hazel Dickens
2001 | 1h
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
2013 | 29mins
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Put Me Down Easy
2013 | 29mins
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
1973 | 21mins
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Sometimes I Run
1973 | 21mins
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
1977 | 29mins
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It‘s A Mean Old World
1977 | 29mins
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
1986 | 7mins
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Ken Camp - Railbirding Guide
1986 | 7mins
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
2014 | 20mins
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Scandinavian Folk Music in Minnesota
2014 | 20mins
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
Hello Columbus
1986 | 26mins
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Hello Columbus
1986 | 26mins
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
Closing Time
2006 | 33mins
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Closing Time
2006 | 33mins
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
1984 | 26mins
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Buck Season at Bear Meadows Sunset
1984 | 26mins
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
1998 | 56mins
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Mennonites of Manitoba
1998 | 56mins
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…
Onondaga
Onondaga
1973 | 6mins
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Onondaga
1973 | 6mins
An Onondaga father and son make lacrosse sticks in the traditional way.
Fiddlers of James Bay
Fiddlers of James Bay
1980 | 28mins
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Fiddlers of James Bay
1980 | 28mins
This National Film Board of Canada documentary traces the history of the fiddle’s arrival in Canada 300 years ago via Scottish traders from Orkney Island.
Limestone
Limestone
1998 | 28mins
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Limestone
1998 | 28mins
This film documents three key dimensions of limestone in the Midwest; the cutting, the carving and the production of limestone gravestones. Also considered are the ancillary…

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