All Films (Appalachia)

River, Rails or Road
River, Rails or Road
2014 | 21mins
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River, Rails or Road
2014 | 21mins
 “River, Rails or Road” reflects singer-songwriter Tom Breiding’s admiration for his home state of West Virginia, his respect for the triumphs, hardships and dedication of the…
Mud in the Blood
Mud in the Blood
2025 | 9mins
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Mud in the Blood
2025 | 9mins
Wood-Firing Potters Carry the Torch in Rural Western North Carolina
Appearing in Person
Appearing in Person
2023 | 1h 46mins
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Appearing in Person
2023 | 1h 46mins
Stranger With a Camera
Stranger With a Camera
2000 | 1h
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Stranger With a Camera
2000 | 1h
During the 1960s, filmmakers from around the world came to Appalachia to document the dire conditions of the region’s poorest residents. Media focused the nation’s attention on…
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass
1992 | 95mins
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High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass
1992 | 95mins
The 1994 documentary "High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music", directed by Rachel Liebling, traces the evolution of bluegrass music from its Appalachian roots to the present…
BANJO TALES with Mike Seeger
BANJO TALES with Mike Seeger
2012 | 57mins
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BANJO TALES with Mike Seeger
2012 | 57mins
In 2009, filmmaker Yasha Aginsky accompanied the great old-time musician Mike Seeger and his wife Alexia on recording trips through the Southeastern United States.A tireless…
Clifftop Cameos (1)
Clifftop Cameos (1)
2015 | 7mins
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Clifftop Cameos (1)
2015 | 7mins
Short film highlighting the passion of the people who come to the Cifftop festival in West Virginia and play together with their friends.
Company Town
Company Town
1983 | 25mins
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Company Town
1983 | 25mins
The former coal town of Widen, West Virginia. Once a model of paternalistic domination, Widen had been sold to the Pittston corpration in 1963.
Raise the Dead
Raise the Dead
1998 | 59mins
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Raise the Dead
1998 | 59mins
James Ruterbeck's film about H. Richard Hall, Mike Ferree, and Eula Shelton, Pentecostal preachers and faith healers in the tradition of William Branham. Their ministry flourished…
Ott Blair
Ott Blair
1973 | 5mins
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Ott Blair
1973 | 5mins
Demonstration of and commentary on the mountain craft of building wooden farm sleds by Ott Blair, a native of Heaton, North Carolina. Discussion includes first selling sled and…
Floating Dancer
Floating Dancer
2016 | 21mins
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Floating Dancer
2016 | 21mins
Floating Dancer: The Story of Robert Dotson, the Walking Step, and the Green Grass Cloggers acquaints viewers with Robert Dotson and the Walking Step, a percussive dance step the…
Mutzmag
Mutzmag
1992 | 50mins
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Mutzmag
1992 | 50mins
With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl outwits a witch and an ogre to save herself and her sisters.
Alex Stewart: Cooper
Alex Stewart: Cooper
1973 | 11mins
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Alex Stewart: Cooper
1973 | 11mins
A 1973 film of Alex Stewart, a mountain craftsman from near Sneedville, Tennessee, constructing a churn. Film includes discussion of the use of non-powered tools and skills handed…
Morgan Sexton
Morgan Sexton
1991 | 28mins
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Morgan Sexton
1991 | 28mins
Eastern Kentucky's Morgan Sexton cut his first banjo out of the bottom of a lard bucket, and some seventy years later won the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage…
Appalachian Journey
Appalachian Journey
1991 | 58mins
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Appalachian Journey
1991 | 58mins
Alan Lomax travels through the Southern Appalachians investigating the songs, dances, and religious rituals of the descendents of the Scotch-Irish frontiers people who have made…

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