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Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains

High in the mountains of Laos the Yiu Mien lived as they had for centuries until the Vietnam War forced them to leave their homeland and come to America....catapulted from one…

Men Who Dance the Giglio

Men Who Dance the Giglio

Men Who Dance the Giglio

A documentary on the Brooklyn St. Paulinus Festival. This film explores ethnicity, cultural traditions, and religious devotion as the performers, participants, and community…

Rebuilding the Temple

Rebuilding the Temple

Rebuilding the Temple

After fleeing their country and the Khmer Rouge, this one hour documentary examines the Cambodian refugees‘ efforts to adjust to Western life and the significant role played by…

Every Island has its Own Songs

Every Island has its Own Songs

Every Island has its Own Songs

Nikitas Tsimouris (1924 - 2001) brought the complex music of the tsabouna, a type of Greek bagpipe, to Tarpon Springs. In 1991, Tsimouris became the first Floridian to receive a…

Two Homes, One Heart

Two Homes, One Heart

Two Homes, One Heart

Sikhs in Northern California celebrate special events with Giddha and Bhangra, songs and dances from their native land, Punjab, India.

Hundred and Two Mature

Hundred and Two Mature

Hundred and Two Mature

Harry Lieberman, at age 102, shares with wit and wisdom his art, which celebrates Talmudic lore and Jewish life in long-ago Eastern Europe, in this documentary which describes his…

Painted Bride

This 1990 video features the exquisite mehndi body painting tradition as it is practiced among Pakistani immigrants living in Queens, New York City. The film follows a mehndi…

Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden

Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden

1987 | 1h 15mins

Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden

1987 | 1h 15mins

A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden was the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Boston's Klezmer Conservatory…

Finnish American Lives

Finnish American Lives

Finnish American Lives

A 1982 portrait of traditional Finnish American culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, highlighting the fragile community of memory connecting one with parents and…

Music Makers: Seamus Connolly and Friends

Music Makers: Seamus Connolly and Friends

Music Makers: Seamus Connolly and Friends

Séamus was 12 years old when he began playing the fiddle. As a young musician he traveled throughout Ireland, meeting and playing music with some of the legends of Irish music.…

Language You Cry In

Language You Cry In

Language You Cry In

The Language You Cry In tells an amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles, from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of…

Flight of the Dove

Flight of the Dove

Flight of the Dove

A portrait of the Portuguese-American dairy-farming community in the Chino Valley of southern California. This is one of the first films ever to document the experiences and…

Tradition Bearers

Tradition Bearers

Tradition Bearers

A documentary about Finnish American history and folk art expressed through the lives and repertories of our folk artists living in the western Great Lakes Region.

Look Forward and Carry on the Past

Look Forward and Carry on the Past

Look Forward and Carry on the Past

“Look Forward and Carry on the Past": Stories from Philadelphia’s Chinatown” illustrates the strength and complexity of Philadelphia’s only remaining community of color in the…

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