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Covered Bridges

Covered Bridges

Covered Bridges

This film examines the vernacular architecture of Indiana’s many covered bridges, including their use as a key symbol of local identity.

Weaver

Featuring, Margaret Carr, a well-known figure in the upstate New York weaving community

Cliff and Steve Frazer - Cedar Farmers

Cliff and Steve Frazer - Cedar Farmers

Cliff and Steve Frazer - Cedar Farmers

This documentary was part of a program on five short subjects about traditional activities in the New Jersey Pinelands National Preserve: railbirding in the meadows, cranberry…

Circus Minimus

Jack Ofield's 16-mm film shows the work of Henry Duncklee, who retired from his job as a circus sign painter in 1949, and begin building this circus of his own.

Tinker

John Forshee was born about 1883 and died in 1974 at Cincinnatus, NY. He was a third generation tinsmith and he was filmed in 1973, using his grandfather's patented tinsmithing…

One Big Union

Ralph Fasanella was born on Labor Day, 1914 in New York\'s Little Italy neighborhood to Joe the Iceman and Ginevre the Buttonhole Maker from Bari, Italy. His rough childhood among…

Onondaga

An Onondaga father and son make lacrosse sticks in the traditional way.

Limestone

This film documents three key dimensions of limestone in the Midwest; the cutting, the carving and the production of limestone gravestones. Also considered are the ancillary…

Prairie Crosses

Prairie Crosses

Prairie Crosses

Prairie Crosses follows the traditional iron art form that crossed continents and oceans and survived famine and war to be reborn on the Great Plains of America and Canada.

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

Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America

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…

Quilting

This film explores the deep tradition of quilting in the U.S. with a focus on contemporary quilting. In doing so, the film considers both the tension between conservatism and…

Joe Reid - Garvey Builder

Joe Reid - Garvey Builder

Joe Reid - Garvey Builder

This documentary was part of a program on five short subjects about traditional activities in the New Jersey Pinelands National Preserve: railbirding in the meadows, cranberry…

In the Barnegat Bay Tradition

In the Barnegat Bay Tradition

In the Barnegat Bay Tradition

A half-hour documentary about decoy carving and sneakbox (wooden duck-hunting boats) building along the New Jersey Shore, featuring National Heritage Award winning decoy carver…

Life‘s Narrow Space

Life‘s Narrow Space

Life‘s Narrow Space

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.

Mario Sanchez: Painter of Memories

Mario Sanchez: Painter of Memories

Mario Sanchez: Painter of Memories

Mario Sanchez is a self-taught artist. In a series of wood reliefs, hand-chiseled on cedar boards, he paints memories of his childhood in Key West, Florida, recording for…

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