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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…

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.

Mutzmag

With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl outwits a witch and an ogre to save herself and her sisters.

Soldier Jack

Jack catches Death in a sack in this Appalachian tale.

Sonny Terry: Shoutin' the Blues

Sonny Terry: Shoutin' the Blues

Sonny Terry: Shoutin' the Blues

Shot in 1969, SHOUTIN' THE BLUES is a one shot, one story and one song short film of harmonica great, Sonny Terry. Seated in a motel room on Broadway in Oakland, California where…

Free Show Tonite

Free Show Tonite

Free Show Tonite

Presents a nostalgic tribute to the American medicine shows of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Shows a re-creation of a typical medicine show by veteran performers,…

Frog King

An American version of the classic story.

Carnival Train

1999 | 1h 10mins

1999 | 1h 10mins

A behind the scenes look to see how the magic of the midway comes together, town after town, and how carnies create a community and way of life that transcends place and time.

Grand Generation

Grand Generation

Grand Generation

A portrait of six older Americans, each with their roots in a unique cultural heritage and each with a powerful perspective on the nature of aging.

Toot Blues

2009 | 1h 14mins

2009 | 1h 14mins

Wall to wall blues from unheralded artists. The film gives a glimpse of what is being lost and Tim Duffy's heroic efforts to document the passing.

Chairman Jones: An Improbable Leader

Chairman Jones: An Improbable Leader

Chairman Jones: An Improbable Leader

Chairman Jones tells the story of James H. Jones through the eyes of his daughter, filmmaker Anna Jones. A farmer who freed himself from sharecropping in the 1950s, Jones became a…

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