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Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down

Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down

Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down

Philip Spalding\'s study of the history and men who played New Orleans Jazz through the eyes of one of its greatest trumpet players: Punch Miller (died 1971). Kid Punch was…

Frogmore Stew

Frogmore Stew is considered a classic Low Country South Carolina dish. This dish is also know as Low-Country boil and Beaufort Stew. The dish gets its name from a place that has…

Step It Up and Go

Step It Up and Go

Step It Up and Go

Traces the development of blues music in the Carolinas through interviews with musicians and still photographs.

Nothing to Prove

Nothing to Prove

2009 | 1h 27mins

Nothing to Prove

2009 | 1h 27mins

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,…

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,…

Morris Chronicle

Morris Chronicle

2006 | 1h 51mins

Morris Chronicle

2006 | 1h 51mins

St. Paul Camp Ground

St. Paul Camp Ground

St. Paul Camp Ground

Twenty years after slavery, four leaders of the St. Paul community bought the land for the campground. Held the second week of October, the camp has many traditions, including…

Good Mornin‘ Blues

Good Mornin‘ Blues

Good Mornin‘ Blues

The history of the blues that sprang from the Mississippi Delta. Rare photos and performances by Big Joe Williams, Houston Stackhouse and Furry Lewis help to weave the story of…

Singing Stream Reunion

Singing Stream Reunion

Singing Stream Reunion

This 57 minute documentary continues the story of the Landis family of Creedmoor, NC into the 21 Century. The first film " A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle" was…

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie’s Place, tells the story of an African American nightclub in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina that was a significant stop on the Chitlin’ Circuit in the segregated South. The…

Singing Stream trailer

Singing Stream trailer

Singing Stream trailer

I Ain‘t Lying

I Ain‘t Lying

I Ain‘t Lying

16mm color documentary based on fieldwork William Ferris conducted with African American storytellers and bluesmen in the communities of Leland and Rose Hill, Mississippi. The…

Homeplace

A nostalgic documentary capturing the folklife and traditions of northern Mississippi’s hill country in the early 1970s.

Two Black Churches

Two Black Churches

Two Black Churches

TWO BLACK CHURCHES" is based on fieldwork Bill Ferris conducted at a church in Vicksburg, Mississippi and at a church in New Haven, Conn. Footage includes a full immersion…

It‘s A Mean Old World

It‘s A Mean Old World

It‘s A Mean Old World

By the time "It's A Mean Old World" was filmed, Reverend Pearly Brown had been struggling to survive singing gospel music for nearly 40 years. While the rough sound of his…

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