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Mountain Talk
Mountain Talk
2003 | 56mins
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Mountain Talk
2003 | 56mins
Language and Life in Southern Appalachia – The people of Southern Appalachia survived for centuries in a rugged and remote landscape. Their historic isolation promoted the…
Where Do They All Go?
Where Do They All Go?
2013 | 42mins
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Where Do They All Go?
2013 | 42mins
As a teenager, growing up in the mountains of rural northern Virginia, Jerry Payne asked "Animals are dying all the time. Where do they all go?"
Covered Bridges
Covered Bridges
1998 | 11mins
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Covered Bridges
1998 | 11mins
This film examines the vernacular architecture of Indiana’s many covered bridges, including their use as a key symbol of local identity.
Ken Camp - Railbirding Guide
Ken Camp - Railbirding Guide
1986 | 7mins
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Ken Camp - Railbirding Guide
1986 | 7mins
This documentary was part of a film on five short subjects about traditional activities in the New Jersey Pinelands National Preserve: railbirding in the meadows, cranberry…
Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
2011 | 27mins
In 2002 the art world was rocked to its foundations by a group of unusual, abstract quilts made by African American women from an obscure hamlet in southern Alabama. People lined…
Highly Exalted
Highly Exalted
1984 | 53mins
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Highly Exalted
1984 | 53mins
The Highly Exalted documents the life of working cowboys on the last horsedrawn chuckwagon in modern America. Shot against the spectacular backdrop of northern Nevada, nine…
Family Farm
Family Farm
1973 | 6mins
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Family Farm
1973 | 6mins
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…
Life‘s Narrow Space
Life‘s Narrow Space
1983 | 6mins
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Life‘s Narrow Space
1983 | 6mins
Dubbed the “Grandma Moses of Virginia,” Emma Serena Dillard “Queena” Stovall (December 20, 1888–June 27, 1980) painted scenes of people and activities in rural Virginia.
Alex Green Tours Markham
Alex Green Tours Markham
2014 | 16mins
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Alex Green Tours Markham
2014 | 16mins
Alex Green, a long time store keeping and post master in the small Virginia town of Markham, tells stories about the town with his daughter Mary Blake Green.
Smithy
Smithy
1974 | 5mins
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Smithy
1974 | 5mins
Delbert Smith, 88, a hereditary blacksmith, illuminates life around the forge.
Bessie Eldreth
Bessie Eldreth
1996 | 28mins
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Bessie Eldreth
1996 | 28mins
Bessie Eldreth (1913-2016) was fond of saying, “Singing is my life,” and she told engaging stories not only about her singing but also about the rewards and challenges she…
Burgoo
Burgoo
2008 | 56mins
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Burgoo
2008 | 56mins
From pioneer days in Kentucky came a stew prepared by farmers and hunters. They called it Burgoo. No one knows where the name came from, but one thing is very clear, the passion…
Remembering Emmanuel Church
Remembering Emmanuel Church
2000 | 37mins
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Remembering Emmanuel Church
2000 | 37mins
An oral history of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Fauquier County, Virginia. The storytellers are masters-all of them members of the congregation from the old farming community…
Ranch Album
Ranch Album
1987 | 1h 4mins
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Ranch Album
1987 | 1h 4mins
Ranch Album celebrates rough country ranching in Northern Arizona and shows real cowboy life.
Germans from Russia
Germans from Russia
1999 | 57mins
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Germans from Russia
1999 | 57mins
The Germans from Russia is the story of the Germans from Russia - agricultural pioneers on several continents whose quest for land and peace shaped them into a distinctive and…

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