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Beauty Knows No Pain

Beauty Knows No Pain

Beauty Knows No Pain

In 1940, the Kilgore College Rangerettes became the first dancing drill team in the nation. They have been performing at half-time shows during college football games ever since.…

Born for Hard Luck

Born for Hard Luck

Born for Hard Luck

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.

Talking Feet

1987 | 1h 27mins

1987 | 1h 27mins

Talking Feet is the first documentary to feature flatfoot, buck, hoedown, and rural tap dancing, the styles of solo Southern dancing which are a companion to traditional old-time…

To Hear Your Banjo Play

To Hear Your Banjo Play

To Hear Your Banjo Play

The story of Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States. Written by Alan Lomax and directed by Irving Lerner, this short feature includes…

Every Island has its Own Songs

Every Island has its Own Songs

Every Island has its Own Songs

Nikitas Tsimouris (1924 - 2001) brought the complex music of the tsabouna, a type of Greek bagpipe, to Tarpon Springs. In 1991, Tsimouris became the first Floridian to receive a…

Jazz Parades

Alan Lomax's overview of the Jazz scene in New Orleans with interviews and performances by Majestic Band, the Preservation Hall Band (Willie Humphrey, James "Sing" Miller, Emanuel…

Step It Up and Go

Step It Up and Go

Step It Up and Go

Traces the development of blues music in the Carolinas through interviews with musicians and still photographs.

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie‘s Place

Charlie’s Place, tells the story of an African American nightclub in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina that was a significant stop on the Chitlin’ Circuit in the segregated South. The…

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