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Prairie Crosses

Prairie Crosses

Prairie Crosses

Prairie Crosses follows the traditional iron art form that crossed continents and oceans and survived famine and war to be reborn on the Great Plains of America and Canada.

Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America

Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America

Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America

In 2002 the art world was rocked to its foundations by a group of unusual, abstract quilts made by African American women from an obscure hamlet in southern Alabama. People lined…

Highly Exalted

The Highly Exalted documents the life of working cowboys on the last horsedrawn chuckwagon in modern America. Shot against the spectacular backdrop of northern Nevada, nine…

Quilting

This film explores the deep tradition of quilting in the U.S. with a focus on contemporary quilting. In doing so, the film considers both the tension between conservatism and…

Norman Taylor - Fox Hunter

Norman Taylor - Fox Hunter

Norman Taylor - Fox Hunter

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…

Joe Reid - Garvey Builder

Joe Reid - Garvey Builder

Joe Reid - Garvey Builder

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…

Stephen Lee - Cranberry Grower

Stephen Lee - Cranberry Grower

Stephen Lee - Cranberry Grower

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…

In the Barnegat Bay Tradition

In the Barnegat Bay Tradition

In the Barnegat Bay Tradition

A half-hour documentary about decoy carving and sneakbox (wooden duck-hunting boats) building along the New Jersey Shore, featuring National Heritage Award winning decoy carver…

Schooners on the Bay

Schooners on the Bay

Schooners on the Bay

A documentary about the wooden boats used to dredge for oysters under sail on Delaware Bay until World War Two, when they were refitted with engines. It follows two New Jersey…

Singing Stream Excerpt

Singing Stream Excerpt

Singing Stream Excerpt

Selections from the film "A Singing Stream" with performances of "Jezebel" (Fleming, Tony, Claude Landis with nephew Ken Daniel) and "Going Up To Meet Him" (Big John Landis and…

Family Farm

A day on the farm with the David and Ada Schwartz family in the Indiana Amish community. This 1968 film shows the family making apple butter. David Schwartz talks anecdotally…

Life‘s Narrow Space

Life‘s Narrow Space

Life‘s Narrow Space

Dubbed the “Grandma Moses of Virginia,” Emma Serena Dillard “Queena” Stovall (December 20, 1888–June 27, 1980) painted scenes of people and activities in rural Virginia.

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…

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