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Accordions Rising
2015 | 1h 13mins
Accordions Rising
2015 | 1h 13mins
Accordions Rising offers entertaining, conversation-style interviews, anecdotal commentary, and both formal and informal music performances by celebrated accordionists, composers,…
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
1966 | 29mins
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
1966 | 29mins
Pete and Toshi Seeger, their son Daniel, and folklorist Bruce Jackson visited a Texas prison in Huntsville in March of 1966 and produced this rare document of of work songs by…
Albert Collins
1989 | 56mins
Albert Collins
1989 | 56mins
Portrait of Albert "Hap" Collins of South Blue Hill, Maine. Hap Collins was a poet, painter, fiddler, lobster fisherman, storyteller, and craftsman.
Alex Green Tours Markham
2014 | 16mins
Alex Green Tours Markham
2014 | 16mins
Alex Green, a long time store keeping and post master in the small Virginia town of Markham, tells stories about the town with his daughter Mary Blake Green.
Alex Stewart: Cooper
1973 | 11mins
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…
Almeda Riddle
1985 | 28mins
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…
Amazing Grace
1990 | 1h 10mins
Amazing Grace
1990 | 1h 10mins
Across time, oceans and cultures, "Amazing Grace" has endured as one of the most popular pieces of music in the English language. Its universal appeal inspired the acclaimed…
Amen! Music of the Black Church
2020 | 57mins
Amen! Music of the Black Church
2020 | 57mins
"Amen!" explores the rich traditions, historical significance, and meaning of Black church music in a concert film, recorded before a live audience at the Second Baptist Church in…
Amish: A People of Preservation
1975 | 54mins
Amish: A People of Preservation
1975 | 54mins
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…
And This Is Free
1965 | 29mins
And This Is Free
1965 | 29mins
And This Is Free (1965) a personal vision of life around Chicago's Maxwell Street open air market shot by the photographer Mike Shea capturing the gritty urban landscape that…
Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans‘ Paintings
1983 | 29mins
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.
Anything I Catch
1990 | 30mins
Anything I Catch
1990 | 30mins
This film examines the thrilling regional phenomenon of Cajuns who wade in murky bayou waters to catch huge catfish and turtles by reaching into hollow logs and stumps with their…
Appalachian Journey
1991 | 58mins
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…
Art of Ironworking
2011 | 16mins
Art of Ironworking
2011 | 16mins
The culture and identity of contemporary ironworkers in southwestern Wisconsin.
Ashpet: An American Cinderella
1989 | 45mins
Ashpet: An American Cinderella
1989 | 45mins
Set in the rural South in the early years of World War II, Ashpet is a version of Cinderella, the world's most popular folk tale.
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