Women Films (South)

Firehouse Women
Firehouse Women
1998 | 28mins
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Firehouse Women
1998 | 28mins
A half-hour 1998 film by Ellen Walter about a North Carolina firehouse that’s been converted into a restaurant and the women who sing gospel music there.
I Always do My Collars First
I Always do My Collars First
2006 | 25mins
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I Always do My Collars First
2006 | 25mins
Following four dynamic Cajun women in Southwestern Louisiana as they go about their daily lives while telling and showing us what ironing means to them. Ironing is a nurturing,…
Beauty Knows No Pain
Beauty Knows No Pain
1973 | 25mins
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Beauty Knows No Pain
1973 | 25mins
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.…
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…
Making of Muna Muday
Making of Muna Muday
2018 | 12mins
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Making of Muna Muday
2018 | 12mins
Portrait of a young Somalie woman who immigrated to Nashville Tenn when she was 10.
Other Side of Eden trailer
Other Side of Eden trailer
2018 | 1mins
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Other Side of Eden trailer
2018 | 1mins
On a hot July night in 1932 a black tenant farmer in Northern Virginia slipped into his landowner’s home “Edenhurst,” beat him unconscious with a piece of stove wood, and dragged…
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,…
Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer
Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer
1975 | 42mins
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Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer
1975 | 42mins
Film of the singer/faith healer and folk artist Fannie Bell Chapman from Centreville, Mississippi. Footage includes Chapman and her family singing and praying during church…
Almeda Riddle
Almeda Riddle
1985 | 28mins
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Almeda Riddle
1985 | 28mins
This video tells how and where Arkansas ballad singer Almeda Riddle began her 10 year stint of singing old ballads all over the country. In an informal manner, folk musician Starr…
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.
Drake‘s Barbecue
Drake‘s Barbecue
2014 | 9mins
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Drake‘s Barbecue
2014 | 9mins
Drake's is a a barbecue shack back off the road...as they pull in and Stan begins to shoot, the owner appears and begins waving and calling him to come eat "the best barbecue and…
Singing Stream Reunion
Singing Stream Reunion
2016 | 57mins
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Singing Stream Reunion
2016 | 57mins
This 57 minute documentary continues the story of the Landis family of Creedmoor, NC into the 21 Century. The first film " A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle" was…
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
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
2011 | 27mins
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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