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RollerJam: The Last Roll

RollerJam: The Last Roll

RollerJam: The Last Roll

RollerJam: The Last Roll captures the final night of Staten Island’s RollerJam USA, celebrating the vibrant New York roller-skating community that gathered there for nearly two…

We Are Arabbers

We Are Arabbers

2004 | 1h 21mins

We Are Arabbers

2004 | 1h 21mins

We Are Arabbers follows the horse-and-wagon produce vendors along the streets of Baltimore, Maryland as they struggle to make a living and maintain their unique culture.

Amish: A People of Preservation

Amish: A People of Preservation

Amish: A People of Preservation

The Amish keep surprising their technology-programmed neighbors by keeping alive ways and beliefs that many modern Americans wish they could recapture. Mennonite historian John…

Urban Gospel Ministry of Robert and Lily Butler

Urban Gospel Ministry of Robert and Lily Butler

Urban Gospel Ministry of Robert and Lily Butler

Ms. Butler and her son, the Reverend Rober Butler, play at folk festivals and churches throughout New York City

Mermaids, Frog Legs, and Fillets

Mermaids, Frog Legs, and Fillets

Mermaids, Frog Legs, and Fillets

Long before the advent of hip-hop as a multi-million dollar industry, African Americans were rapping and rhyming in the street, in their neighborhoods, and on the fish market…

Closing Time

The New York real estate market forces the oldest store in Little Italy to shut down. The film is a portrait of a family, of the neighborhood that used to be and of the way the…

Music District

The Music District is a one-hour documentary profiling four African American traditional music groups practicing and performing for fans and congregants in the neighborhood…

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