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We Shall Not Be Moved

We Shall Not Be Moved

We Shall Not Be Moved

During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was supposed to give sharecroppers a chance at land ownership. But for Black farmers in Tillery, North Carolina,…

Texas Tavola

The Tavola di San Giuseppe, an important religious event at which a single Sicilian-American family hosts almost 1,000 guests in honor of St. Joseph.

Albert Collins

Portrait of Albert "Hap" Collins of South Blue Hill, Maine. Hap Collins was a poet, painter, fiddler, lobster fisherman, storyteller, and craftsman.

Joy Unspeakable

Joy Unspeakable

Joy Unspeakable

Joy Unspeakable examines the question, what does it mean to be Pentecostal, through the documentation of three types of Oneness Pentecostal services in Southern Indiana: a…

Pericles in America

Pericles in America

1988 | 1h 8mins

Pericles in America

1988 | 1h 8mins

This musical portrait of immigrant clarinetist Pericles Halkias and the Epirot-Greek community explores the aspirations and ambivalences of Greek-Americans.

Shady Grove Camp Ground

Shady Grove Camp Ground

2007 | 1h 11mins

Shady Grove Camp Ground

2007 | 1h 11mins

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

Cradle is Rocking

Cradle is Rocking

Cradle is Rocking

George "Kid Shiek" Colar and the Olympia Brass Band are featured in this rare film about New Orleans Jazz, directed by Frank DeCola and photographed by Tom Davenport.

Born for Hard Luck

Born for Hard Luck

Born for Hard Luck

A film portrait of the last Black medicine-show performer, Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson, with harmonica songs, tales of hoboing, buckdances, and a live medicine-show performance.

Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner

Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner

Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner

In 1979 Keir Cline shot footage at the Tenth Annual National Hollerin’ Contest in Spivey’s Corner, a small crossroads community in southeastern North Carolina. The festival had…

Hansel and Gretel: An Appalachian Version

Hansel and Gretel: An Appalachian Version

Hansel and Gretel: An Appalachian Version

An Appalachian version of the classic story of the courage and loyalty of two children abandoned in the forest.

Bearskin

In a contest with the devil, a Civil War soldier must not wash nor pray for seven years.

From Mambo to Hip Hop

From Mambo to Hip Hop

From Mambo to Hip Hop

From Mambo to Hip-Hop dances through the history of a borough that nurtured two musical movements: the mambo that evolved into salsa, and the hip-hop that arose from the most…

Sonny Terry Whoopin the Blues

Sonny Terry Whoopin the Blues

Sonny Terry Whoopin the Blues

Seated in a motel room on Broadway in Oakland, California where he was filmed while on tour with Brownie McGhee, Sonny, with one small harmonica in his hand, creates a complex and…

Ashpet: An American Cinderella

Ashpet: An American Cinderella

Ashpet: An American Cinderella

Set in the rural South in the early years of World War II, Ashpet is a version of Cinderella, the world's most popular folk tale.

Jack and the Dentist‘s Daughter

Jack and the Dentist‘s Daughter

Jack and the Dentist‘s Daughter

In this comic variant of the tale type , "The Master Thief, a poor laborer's son wants to marry the dentist's daughter.

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