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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.

Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women

Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women

Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women

The cowgirls in this documentary are contemporary women aged six to sixty, who ride, rope and tough out the elements just as well as their more famous cowboy counterparts. The…

Hush Hoggies Hush

Hush Hoggies Hush

Hush Hoggies Hush

Meet Tom Johnson and his praying pigs. "Been fooling with them hogs for 35 long years," Johnson says in the film as he rocks on the porch of his modest residence near Bentonia,…

Displaced in the New South

Displaced in the New South

Displaced in the New South

In 1980, there were a few thousand Asian and Latino immigrants in Georgia. By 1994, there were more than 300,000. Displaced in the New South explores the cultural collision…

Ave Maria

Documents one of the most important traditions of Boston's Italian-Americans: the annual celebration of the Feast of the Madonna del Soccorso, popularly known as the Fisherman's…

Making of Muna Muday

Making of Muna Muday

Making of Muna Muday

Portrait of a young Somalie woman who immigrated to Nashville Tenn when she was 10.

Cowhand‘s Song

Cowhand‘s Song

Cowhand‘s Song

This evocative documentary examines the plight of the ranchers of Nevada and California, who find their grazing areas increasingly threatened by many groups (even…

In the Rapture

A religious drama staged by members of the Second Baptist Church in Bloomington, Indiana. Made by the late folklorist William Wiggins. The original negative for this 16mm film is…

Somethin‘ Gotta Be Arranged

Somethin‘ Gotta Be Arranged

Somethin‘ Gotta Be Arranged

A film portrait of blues artist Paul Geremia. Made by Geoff Adams in 1983 as a student film project. The documentary features a duo performance with Chicago bluesman Blind John…

Ballad of Frankie Silver

Ballad of Frankie Silver

Ballad of Frankie Silver

In 1833 Mrs. Frances Silver was hanged in Morganton, North Carolina, for the ax murder of her husband Charles. Tom Davenport's film explores the case through the singing and…

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