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Blues Houseparty

Blues Houseparty

Blues Houseparty

John Jackson, John Dee Holeman, Friz Holloway and others perform and reminisce about old-time houseparties in North Carolina and Virginia

Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge

Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge

Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge

When Mr. Jimmy Moore challenged himself to run 80 kilometers in 1 day for his 80th birthday, his small Mississippi town got behind him to see if they too could "run their age,"…

To Hear Your Banjo Play

To Hear Your Banjo Play

To Hear Your Banjo Play

The story of Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States. Written by Alan Lomax and directed by Irving Lerner, this short feature includes…

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…

Showdown at the Hoedown

Showdown at the Hoedown

Showdown at the Hoedown

Revisiting Flaherty‘s Louisiana Story

Revisiting Flaherty‘s Louisiana Story

2006 | 1h 4mins

Revisiting Flaherty‘s Louisiana Story

2006 | 1h 4mins

In 2006, Filmmaker Rob Rombout led a group of students at Louisiana State University in a workshop that created short films revisiting the people and places of documentary maker…

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.

I‘ll Keep On Singing

I‘ll Keep On Singing

I‘ll Keep On Singing

A comprehensive look ca. 2007 at southern gospel convention singing, an amateur, Christian, music-making and educational tradition that developed in rural America following the…

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…

They Sing Of A Heaven

They Sing Of A Heaven

They Sing Of A Heaven

This film documents sacred harp singing, a 200 year old tradition of religious singing which survives today in the rural South.

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.

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Lord Have Mercy: Olger‘s Store

Lord Have Mercy: Olger‘s Store

Lord Have Mercy: Olger‘s Store

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