Folkmusic Revival Films (Northeast)

Paid to Eat Ice Cream
Paid to Eat Ice Cream
2001 | 1h 10mins
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Paid to Eat Ice Cream
2001 | 1h 10mins
"Paid To Eat Ice Cream" profiles beloved New Hampshire contra dance musician Bob McQuillen (1923–2014), whose career spanned over five decades and included playing with many…
City Folk
City Folk
2018 | 55mins
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City Folk
2018 | 55mins
City Folk explores the 20th-century revival of English Country Dance through the history of Pinewoods, a renowned dance camp in Massachusetts. Influenced by English folklorist…
Somethin‘ Gotta Be Arranged
Somethin‘ Gotta Be Arranged
1983 | 18mins
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Somethin‘ Gotta Be Arranged
1983 | 18mins
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…
Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden
Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden
1987 | 1h 15mins
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Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden
1987 | 1h 15mins
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden was the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Boston's Klezmer Conservatory…
Eatala: A Life in Klezmer
Eatala: A Life in Klezmer
2011 | 38mins
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Eatala: A Life in Klezmer
2011 | 38mins
Klezmer is Eastern European Jewish folk music. In other parts of the country, klezmer seemed to disappear and then was revived. But in Philadelphia, the Hoffman family never…
Music For The Sky
Music For The Sky
2008 | 1h
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Music For The Sky
2008 | 1h
Music for the Sky (2008) is a documentary movie about a community of eccentric revivalist old-time fiddlers living in Vermont and Western Massachusetts, USA. The film revolves…

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