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Alex Stewart: Cooper

Alex Stewart: Cooper

Alex Stewart: Cooper

A 1973 film of Alex Stewart, a mountain craftsman from near Sneedville, Tennessee, constructing a churn. Film includes discussion of the use of non-powered tools and skills handed…

Morgan Sexton

Eastern Kentucky's Morgan Sexton cut his first banjo out of the bottom of a lard bucket, and some seventy years later won the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage…

We Are Arabbers

We Are Arabbers

2004 | 1h 21mins

We Are Arabbers

2004 | 1h 21mins

We Are Arabbers follows the horse-and-wagon produce vendors along the streets of Baltimore, Maryland as they struggle to make a living and maintain their unique culture.

My Town

Shot on location in Palermiti and the Boston area of Massachusetts, MY TOWN/MIO PAESE shows the family, cultural and religious ties between immigrants and their paesani in…

Appalachian Journey

Appalachian Journey

Appalachian Journey

Alan Lomax travels through the Southern Appalachians investigating the songs, dances, and religious rituals of the descendents of the Scotch-Irish frontiers people who have made…

Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story

Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story

2018 | 1h 18mins

Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story

2018 | 1h 18mins

In the 1970s, the Highwoods Stringband’s unique blend of musical brilliance, exuberance, sparkling wit, and eclectic repertoire introduced tens of thousands of delighted listeners…

This Is Our Slaughterhouse

This Is Our Slaughterhouse

This Is Our Slaughterhouse

This 22 minute documentary follows the ten workers of Broerman Poultry Processing, revealing their surprisingly close relationships, despite the gruesome nature of their job. The…

Family Across the Sea

Family Across the Sea

Family Across the Sea

Family Across the Sea shows how scholars have uncovered the remarkable connections between the Gullah people of South Carolina and the people of Sierra Leone.

Everything Change Up Now

Everything Change Up Now

Everything Change Up Now

This documentary explores what has happened to lifestyles of South Carolina sea slanders since slavery, through interviews with Gullah basket weavers, net makers, fishermen,…

Everybody Promenade

Everybody Promenade

Everybody Promenade

The Farmall Promenade is an eight member, all male troupe of farmers who, as four male-'female' square dancing couples, perform across the Midwest. They have a passion for the…

Living Stone

This documentary shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit approach to the work is to release the image the artist sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film…

Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking…

Rattlesnakes

The annual rattlesnake bagging contest at this tiny Appalachian festival includes a parade, a fair, firefighters’ contests, and a greased pig chase. A George Hornbein/Ken Thigpen…

Thoughts on Beagling

Thoughts on Beagling

Thoughts on Beagling

This video documents the breeding, training and hunting of the beagle, the world's most popular hound, by three passionate beaglers: Clayton Bright, a sculptor of sporting art…

Thoughts on Fox Hunting

Thoughts on Fox Hunting

Thoughts on Fox Hunting

Features the legendary huntsman Melvin Poe and the hounds of the Orange County Hunt near The Plains, Virginia.

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