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From Mambo to Hip Hop
2006 | 53mins
From Mambo to Hip Hop
2006 | 53mins
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…
My Town
1986 | 26mins
My Town
1986 | 26mins
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…
Ave Maria
1986 | 27mins
Ave Maria
1986 | 27mins
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…
Somethin‘ Gotta Be Arranged
1983 | 18mins
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…
Bronx Irish at the Ramparts
1984 | 28mins
Bronx Irish at the Ramparts
1984 | 28mins
The story of the settlement of Irish immigrants in the North Bronx, New York, and how the once predominantly Irish neighborhoods are changing because of the influx of other groups.
Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden
1987 | 1h 15mins
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…
Men Who Dance the Giglio
1995 | 28mins
Men Who Dance the Giglio
1995 | 28mins
A documentary on the Brooklyn St. Paulinus Festival. This film explores ethnicity, cultural traditions, and religious devotion as the performers, participants, and community…
Style Wars
1983 | 1h 9mins
Style Wars
1983 | 1h 9mins
New York's legendary Kings of Graffiti own a special place in the hip hop pantheon. Style Wars is regarded by many as the definitive document of the emerging hip hop culture, an…
From Shore to Shore
1993 | 57mins
From Shore to Shore
1993 | 57mins
A film on Irish immigrant musicians and their offspring, tracing the influences of family and community, ethnic identity, and American popular culture on the traditional music…
Look Forward and Carry on the Past
2002 | 26mins
Look Forward and Carry on the Past
2002 | 26mins
“Look Forward and Carry on the Past": Stories from Philadelphia’s Chinatown” illustrates the strength and complexity of Philadelphia’s only remaining community of color in the…
Plenty of Good Women Dancers
2004 | 53mins
Plenty of Good Women Dancers
2004 | 53mins
“Plenty of Good Women Dancers” features exceptional Philadelphia African American women tap dancers whose active careers spanned the 1920s-1950s.
Kings of Christmas
2005 | 11mins
Kings of Christmas
2005 | 11mins
The Kings of Christmas, introduces the men and women, the vast majority of whom are Italian-American, behind the biggest, brightest, and most over-the-top holiday decorated houses…
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