Dance Films (Appalachia)

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…

The fiddlers' convention at Union Grove is the oldest bluegrass music festival of the U.S., held on the eastern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. This film…

Language and Life in Southern Appalachia – The people of Southern Appalachia survived for centuries in a rugged and remote landscape. Their historic isolation promoted the…