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Sugar House

Maple syrup continues to be produced the old way by small independent family farmers in the woods of New Hampshire.

The Lost Syrian Neighborhood in Boston

The Lost Syrian Neighborhood in Boston

The Lost Syrian Neighborhood in Boston

Syrians have woven themselves into the fabric of American society since the late 19th century. Starting in the 1890\'s, Boston, Massachusetts, was once home to one of the first…

Finah Misa Kule

Finah Misa Kule

Finah Misa Kule

In Search of Finah Misa Kule chronicles the quest of poet Kewulay Kamara to reconstitute an ancient epic handed down in his family.

Paj Ntaub

Hmong textile art, Paj ntaub or "flower cloth" consists of textile arts traditionally practiced by Hmong people. The Hmong, a nomadic group originating in China, migrated through…

Weaver

Featuring, Margaret Carr, a well-known figure in the upstate New York weaving community

Tinker

John Forshee was born about 1883 and died in 1974 at Cincinnatus, NY. He was a third generation tinsmith and he was filmed in 1973, using his grandfather's patented tinsmithing…

One Big Union

Ralph Fasanella was born on Labor Day, 1914 in New York\'s Little Italy neighborhood to Joe the Iceman and Ginevre the Buttonhole Maker from Bari, Italy. His rough childhood among…

LaVaughn Robinson

LaVaughn Robinson

LaVaughn Robinson

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…

Onondaga

An Onondaga father and son make lacrosse sticks in the traditional way.

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…

River

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

Smithy

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

Pioneer Axe

This is a short film made by Peter Vogt in 1965 about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe…

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