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Patient Art

The film documents the process of tapestry weaving from design to finish and captures the beautiful singing of the Swazi women weavers who worked in Patrick County, Virginia,…

Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner

Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner

Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner

In 1979 Keir Cline shot footage at the Tenth Annual National Hollerin’ Contest in Spivey’s Corner, a small crossroads community in southeastern North Carolina. The festival had…

Pirogue Maker

In 1948, Robert Flaherty was working on "The Louisiana Story." He was searching for a small boat, or "pirogue" for his young hero. Flaherty soon became aware that pirogue-making…

Stoney Knows How

Stoney Knows How

Stoney Knows How

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…

With These Hands

With These Hands

2009 | 1h 18mins

With These Hands

2009 | 1h 18mins

In March 2007, unable to compete with cheaper offshore production, Hooker Furniture Company closed its plant in Martinsville, Virginia, after 83 years in operation. “With These…

Gravel Springs

Othar Turner, a fife-maker and musician, owns his farm in the Gravel Springs community in northwest Mississippi. The rhythmical music he and his friends play is called "fife and…

Made in Mississippi

Made in Mississippi

Made in Mississippi

A 1975 Bill Ferris film that features artists from a number of different craft traditions discussing and demonstrating their work, including quilting, sculpting, house building,…

Sonny Ford, Delta Artist

Sonny Ford, Delta Artist

Sonny Ford, Delta Artist

B/w 16mm documentary film based on fieldwork Ferris conducted with Leland, Mississippi, bluesman and folk artist James "Son" Thomas. Included is footage of Thomas performing at…

Cameraman Has Visited Our Town

Cameraman Has Visited Our Town

Cameraman Has Visited Our Town

An introduction to H. Lee Waters and his Movies of Local People 1936 to 1942. A film by Tom Whiteside.

Crawdad Slip

Sid Luck is a fifth generation potter in Seagrove, North Carolina. This forty-five minute documentary explores his life and work, and the family heritage he hopes to pass on to…

Learned it in Back Days and Kept It

Learned it in Back Days and Kept It

Learned it in Back Days and Kept It

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…

New Life

A.R. Cole began building a barn in 1927 and asked his wife if it should be for tobacco or pottery. She did not have a preference and realized it was to be for pottery when the…

Unbroken Tradition

Unbroken Tradition

Unbroken Tradition

Unbroken Tradition is a portrait of Jerry Brown, a ninth generation potter from Hamilton, Alabama. It looks at the continuation of this family tradition since Jerry's…

Gracious Fanatics

Gracious Fanatics

Gracious Fanatics

Folklorist Tom Mould explores the phenomenon of the kiln opening, when potters sell to collectors the products of a recently fired kiln.

Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America

Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America

Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America

In 2002 the art world was rocked to its foundations by a group of unusual, abstract quilts made by African American women from an obscure hamlet in southern Alabama. People lined…

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