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Amazing Grace

1990 | 1h 10mins

1990 | 1h 10mins

Across time, oceans and cultures, "Amazing Grace" has endured as one of the most popular pieces of music in the English language. Its universal appeal inspired the acclaimed…

Language You Cry In

Language You Cry In

Language You Cry In

The Language You Cry In tells an amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles, from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of…

Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver

Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver

Elijah Pierce: Wood Carver

Hundreds of people must remember going to Elijah Pierce's barbershop on Long Street, seeking Pierce's latest woodcarvings, spiritual conversation, or simply a haircut and gossip.…

Life and Times of Joe Thompson

Life and Times of Joe Thompson

Life and Times of Joe Thompson

The story of the last African American fiddle player in North Carolina whose unique style of music has been passed down in his family for over three hundred years.

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…

Plenty of Good Women Dancers

Plenty of Good Women Dancers

Plenty of Good Women Dancers

“Plenty of Good Women Dancers” features exceptional Philadelphia African American women tap dancers whose active careers spanned the 1920s-1950s.

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…

Dance Like A River

Dance Like A River

Dance Like A River

Dance Like a River is a documentary portrait of Odadaa!, a remarkable drumming and dance troupe from Ghana West Africa, in the early years of their residence in the United States.

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…

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