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Alex Green Tours Markham

Alex Green Tours Markham

Alex Green Tours Markham

Alex Green, a long time store keeping and post master in the small Virginia town of Markham, tells stories about the town with his daughter Mary Blake Green.

River

Life and lore along the legendary Hudson River with a special appearance by Pete Seeger.

Mario Sanchez: Painter of Memories

Mario Sanchez: Painter of Memories

Mario Sanchez: Painter of Memories

Mario Sanchez is a self-taught artist. In a series of wood reliefs, hand-chiseled on cedar boards, he paints memories of his childhood in Key West, Florida, recording for…

Smithy

Delbert Smith, 88, a hereditary blacksmith, illuminates life around the forge.

Bessie Eldreth

Bessie Eldreth (1913-2016) was fond of saying, “Singing is my life,” and she told engaging stories not only about her singing but also about the rewards and challenges she…

It Ain't City Music

It Ain't City Music

It Ain't City Music

It Ain't City Music was filmed at the National Country Music Contest at Lake Whippoorwill in Warrenton, Virginia, in 1972. "Any country song you hear nowadays, the guy's either in…

Hogshead Brunswick Stew

Hogshead Brunswick Stew

Hogshead Brunswick Stew

Back in the day, when a hog was slaughtered, every part was used and nothing was thrown away. The higher end cuts went to those on the higher end of the economic scale, those who…

Parchman Penitentiary

Parchman Penitentiary

Parchman Penitentiary

William Ferris's 1969 movie of singing and preaching in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Shot on B&W 8-mm film. Ferris added the recorded sound later, and it is not in…

Burgoo

From pioneer days in Kentucky came a stew prepared by farmers and hunters. They called it Burgoo. No one knows where the name came from, but one thing is very clear, the passion…

Remembering Emmanuel Church

Remembering Emmanuel Church

Remembering Emmanuel Church

An oral history of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Fauquier County, Virginia. The storytellers are masters-all of them members of the congregation from the old farming community…

Eva Nuanez: Memories of My Musical Life

Eva Nuanez: Memories of My Musical Life

Eva Nuanez: Memories of My Musical Life

Eva was born in 1921 in Berwind, Colorado. A coal miner’s daughter, she grew up without formal musical training. She taught herself how to play the violin by ear, playing and…

Mississippi Delta Blues

Mississippi Delta Blues

Mississippi Delta Blues

From 1968 to 1970, Bill Ferris travelled from farms, to jooks to homes collecting music he felt best expressed the richness of the Mississippi Delta.

Zampogna

2009 | 1h 20mins

2009 | 1h 20mins

Follow a young Italian-American's cultural odyessy though the depths of Italy's most remote and traditional regions, told through the story of Italian folk music.

God Given

The exquisite metal repoussé artistry and life experiences of Norik Astvatsaturov, formerly of Baku, Azerbaijan, now an American citizen in Wahpeton, North Dakota, reflect in…

Ranch Album

1987 | 1h 4mins

1987 | 1h 4mins

Ranch Album celebrates rough country ranching in Northern Arizona and shows real cowboy life.

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