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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…

His Eye is on the Sparrow

His Eye is on the Sparrow

His Eye is on the Sparrow

Ethel Caffie-Austin, daughter of the coalfields, is West Virginia\'s "First Lady of Gospel Music." This program features Ethel performing a range of spirituals, hymns and…

I‘ll Keep On Singing

I‘ll Keep On Singing

I‘ll Keep On Singing

A comprehensive look ca. 2007 at southern gospel convention singing, an amateur, Christian, music-making and educational tradition that developed in rural America following the…

They Sing Of A Heaven

They Sing Of A Heaven

They Sing Of A Heaven

This film documents sacred harp singing, a 200 year old tradition of religious singing which survives today in the rural South.

Blinking Madonna

Blinking Madonna

Blinking Madonna

After recording an Italian-American religious festival in Boston’s North End with her video camera, filmmaker Beth Harrington’s neighbors tell her that they see a miracle on the…

Indian Field Camp Meeting

Indian Field Camp Meeting

Indian Field Camp Meeting

Documentary producer and filmmaker Stan Woodward has devoted approximately seven years and filmed over 170 hours on five Lowcountry campgrounds

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…

Cattle Creek Camp Part 2

Cattle Creek Camp Part 2

Cattle Creek Camp Part 2

For many families at Cattle Creek Campground, the annual camp meeting signifies a time of fellowship when families can spend a week away from the hectic pace of modern life.

Cattle Creek Camp Part 1

Cattle Creek Camp Part 1

Cattle Creek Camp Part 1

For many families at Cattle Creek Campground, the annual camp meeting signifies a time of fellowship when families can spend a week away from the hectic pace of modern life.

They Shall Take Up Serpents

They Shall Take Up Serpents

They Shall Take Up Serpents

For the past eighty years, believers living in the Appalachian hills of the southeastern US have incorporated handling serpents and drinking strychnine (a “salvation cocktail”)…

In Jesus‘ Name

In Jesus‘ Name

In Jesus‘ Name

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. Mark 16: 18

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…

High Lonesome Sound

High Lonesome Sound

High Lonesome Sound

John Cohn's remarkable documentary explores the lives of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed area of Kentucky through spiritual and folk music. Presents songs by revivalist…

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood

An interview with Elijah Pierce in his barbershop on Long Street in Columbus. He talks about his work and his life and shows how his carvings express his experiences and beliefs.

While The Ages Roll On

While The Ages Roll On

While The Ages Roll On

Filmmaker Kevin Ballings writes...My interest in this topic is not religious, but cultural and ethnographic. The Old Regular Baptists are one of the most traditional religious…

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