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David Hoffman Interviews Bill Ferris
David Hoffman Interviews Bill Ferris
2021
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David Hoffman Interviews Bill Ferris
2021
David Hoffman interviews filmmaker, folklorist, scholar Bill Ferris about his experiences making independent films in the 1970s. The interview captures the spirit of that time and…
Dedans Le Sud de la Louisiane
Dedans Le Sud de la Louisiane
1972 | 45mins
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Dedans Le Sud de la Louisiane
1972 | 45mins
A travelogue study of Cajun and Creole music and culture, circa 1972: a mythical land, its people, their ancient French language and most of all their wonderful musical…
Louisiana Blues
Louisiana Blues
1992 | 55mins
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Louisiana Blues
1992 | 55mins
A look at Cajun and Zydeco music that was started in Louisiana. Many artists are featured in the film.
Why Quilts Matter 09: Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
Why Quilts Matter 09: Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter 09: Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
2011 | 27mins
Quilt scholarship has grown into a serious discipline generating material of interest—not just to the quilt world — but to a dozen other important disciplines from material…
Why Quilts Matter 08: Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
Why Quilts Matter 08: Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
2011 | 28mins
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Why Quilts Matter 08: Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
2011 | 28mins
“Quilt making,” as one quilt maker says, “is the greatest mass movement nobody ever heard of.” The population of the American quilt world outnumbers those of many small countries,…
Why Quilts Matter: 07: Empowering Women
Why Quilts Matter: 07: Empowering Women
2011 | 28mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 07: Empowering Women
2011 | 28mins
Unique among objects, quilts are both lowly “women’s work” and great art. They are something made from nothing; they are both nurturing and inspiring. They can communicate both…
Why Quilts Matter: 06: How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
Why Quilts Matter: 06: How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
2011 | 28mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 06: How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
2011 | 28mins
Part 6 traces institutional attitudes toward quilts as objects, rationales for their selection, and the public response to their exhibition.
Why Quilts Matter: 02: Bringing History Alive
Why Quilts Matter: 02: Bringing History Alive
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 02: Bringing History Alive
2011 | 27mins
The quilt’s unique ability to preserve, not only our own family histories, but the history of America
Why Quilts Matter: 04: What is Art?
Why Quilts Matter: 04: What is Art?
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 04: What is Art?
2011 | 27mins
The quilt is the perfect test case for a dozen theories about what makes art. The art vs. craft debate
Why Quilts Matter: 03: The Quilt Marketplace
Why Quilts Matter: 03: The Quilt Marketplace
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Why Quilts Matter: 03: The Quilt Marketplace
The Quilt Marketplace
Why Quilts Matter: 01: Antique and Contemporary
Why Quilts Matter: 01: Antique and Contemporary
2011 | 28mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 01: Antique and Contemporary
2011 | 28mins
Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics is a nine-part documentary series that will change the way you think about quilts. Uncover the unsuspected size and depth of quilt…
Looking for Trouble
Looking for Trouble
2013 | 31mins
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Looking for Trouble
2013 | 31mins
Violence at Cajun dances, bars, and night clubs increased exponentially after the Civil War. Locals coped with economic collapse and the horrors of war by formulating an honor…
Baghdad Twist
Baghdad Twist
2007 | 33mins
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Baghdad Twist
2007 | 33mins
A visual memoir of one family's life in Iraq before escaping to a new home in Canada in the fall of 1970. Featuring a never-before-seen collection of archival images, home movies,…
Death Row
Death Row
1979 | 59mins
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Death Row
1979 | 59mins
Death Row at Ellis is no worse-- and it is probably somewhat better--than most other Death Rows in America. It is the only death Row in which a documentary film could have been…
Upperville Show
Upperville Show
1970 | 10mins
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Upperville Show
1970 | 10mins
The Upperville Colt & Horse Show is the oldest horse show in America. Established in 1853 by Colonel Richard Henry Dulany, who also founded the Piedmont Fox Hounds, the show…

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