Aging Films (South)

Singing Stream
Singing Stream
1986 | 57mins
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Singing Stream
1986 | 57mins
The story of a gifted African American family from the rural South. With interviews and stories, and scenes from daily life, reunions, gospel concerts, and church services, the…
Born for Hard Luck
Born for Hard Luck
1976 | 29mins
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Born for Hard Luck
1976 | 29mins
A film portrait of the last Black medicine-show performer, Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson, with harmonica songs, tales of hoboing, buckdances, and a live medicine-show performance.
Stoney Knows How
Stoney Knows How
1981 | 29mins
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Stoney Knows How
1981 | 29mins
Stoney Knows How is an extended interview with \'Stoney\' St. Clair, an ebullient little man with the gift of gab of a circus tout and a fund of bizarre stories about tattooing…
When My Work Is Over
When My Work Is Over
2000 | 38mins
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When My Work Is Over
2000 | 38mins
The gifted African American storyteller Louise Anderson (1921-1994) tells her family stories and folk tales, and recites poetry in this film taped in Jacksonville, North Carolina,…
Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans‘ Paintings
Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans‘ Paintings
1983 | 29mins
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Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans‘ Paintings
1983 | 29mins
A portrait of the African-American visionary artist Minnie Evans from Wilmington, N.C., by Academy Award winning filmmakers Irving Saraf and Allie Light.
Learned it in Back Days and Kept It
Learned it in Back Days and Kept It
1981 | 28mins
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Learned it in Back Days and Kept It
1981 | 28mins
Portrait of Lucreaty Clark (1903 - 1986), an African American oak basket maker from rural Florida. Clark embraced a wide repertoire of traditional African American songs, games…
This Cat Can Play Anything
This Cat Can Play Anything
1977 | 29mins
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This Cat Can Play Anything
1977 | 29mins
A portrayal of the life and musical career of New Orleans banjo and guitar jazzman Emanuel 'Manny' Sayles, a man whose musical career has in many ways followed the development of…
Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge
Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge
2009 | 26mins
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Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge
2009 | 26mins
When Mr. Jimmy Moore challenged himself to run 80 kilometers in 1 day for his 80th birthday, his small Mississippi town got behind him to see if they too could "run their age,"…
Life and Times of Joe Thompson
Life and Times of Joe Thompson
2004 | 27mins
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Life and Times of Joe Thompson
2004 | 27mins
The story of the last African American fiddle player in North Carolina whose unique style of music has been passed down in his family for over three hundred years.
Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
1971 | 53mins
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Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
1971 | 53mins
Philip Spalding\'s study of the history and men who played New Orleans Jazz through the eyes of one of its greatest trumpet players: Punch Miller (died 1971). Kid Punch was…
Morris Chronicle
Morris Chronicle
2006 | 1h 51mins
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Morris Chronicle
2006 | 1h 51mins
It‘s A Mean Old World
It‘s A Mean Old World
1977 | 29mins
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It‘s A Mean Old World
1977 | 29mins
By the time "It's A Mean Old World" was filmed, Reverend Pearly Brown had been struggling to survive singing gospel music for nearly 40 years. While the rough sound of his…
Home of the Double Headed Eagle
Home of the Double Headed Eagle
2006 | 15mins
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Home of the Double Headed Eagle
2006 | 15mins
The home of the Double-Headed Eagle is a kaleidoscopic work of visionary architecture created by the Reverend H. D. Dennis and his wife, Margaret Dennis. A 2006 film made by…

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