Regional Cultures Films

This Cat Can Play Anything

This Cat Can Play Anything

This Cat Can Play Anything

A portrayal of the life and musical career of New Orleans banjo and guitar jazzman Emanuel 'Manny' Sayles, a man whose musical career has in many ways followed the development of…

Edd Presnell: Dulcimer Maker

Edd Presnell: Dulcimer Maker

Edd Presnell: Dulcimer Maker

Edd Presnell, a mountain craftsman and native of Watauga County, North Carolina, demonstrates and comments on the construction of a dulcimer. Presnell learned his craft from his…

Carolina Hash

Carolina Hash starts with establishing as fact the myth that hash-popularity ends at the South Carolina borders. We learn that right across the state line in North Carolina,…

Fire Dance

Fire Dance presents the emerging art form called fire dancing, as practiced in the northwestern United States. The dancers explain their attraction to "playing with fire", how…

Let the World Listen Right

Let the World Listen Right

Let the World Listen Right

Hip-hop and Blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Top Notch and Da Fam as well as performances by blues artist Terry "Big T" Williams and gospel singer Martha Raybon.

Lawrence Older: Adirondack Minstrel

Lawrence Older: Adirondack Minstrel

Lawrence Older: Adirondack Minstrel

Lawrence Older [1912-1982] is a relaxed, direct and engaging performer who spent the majority of his life working in the woods. His songs and fiddle tunes are mostly from his…

Anything I Catch

Anything I Catch

Anything I Catch

This film examines the thrilling regional phenomenon of Cajuns who wade in murky bayou waters to catch huge catfish and turtles by reaching into hollow logs and stumps with their…

Cameraman Has Visited Our Town

Cameraman Has Visited Our Town

Cameraman Has Visited Our Town

An introduction to H. Lee Waters and his Movies of Local People 1936 to 1942. A film by Tom Whiteside.

Music Masters and Rhythm Kings

Music Masters and Rhythm Kings

Music Masters and Rhythm Kings

A celebration of the rich heritage of southern traditional music and the people who created it. This performance documentary focuses on three different styles of blues, stringband…

New England Fiddles

New England Fiddles

New England Fiddles

This 1984 film by John Bishop and Nicholas Hawes presents seven of the finest traditional musicians as they play in their homes and at dances and contests, passing their styles to…

Sitting On Top of the World at the Fiddlers‘ Convention

Sitting On Top of the World at the Fiddlers‘ Convention

Sitting On Top of the World at the Fiddlers‘ Convention

The fiddlers' convention at Union Grove is the oldest bluegrass music festival of the U.S., held on the eastern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. This film…

Stewbilee

Turtle Stew

South Carolina Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee

South Carolina Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee

South Carolina Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee

Nothing To Prove, Part 2

Nothing To Prove, Part 2

2009 | 1h 28mins

Nothing To Prove, Part 2

2009 | 1h 28mins

Southpaw bassist and South Carolina native Mac Arnold was only ten years old when he and his brother built a guitar out of a gas can, a couple strips of wood, a handful of nails,…

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