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And This Is Free
1965 | 1h 29mins
And This Is Free
1965 | 1h 29mins
Trailer for And This Is Free a personal vision of life around Chicago's Maxwell Street open air market shot by award winning photographer Mike Shea capturing the gritty urban…
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…
Cajun Country
1991 | 56mins
Cajun Country
1991 | 56mins
Alan Lomax's wonderful documentary about the bayous of Louisiana which have combined French, German, West Indian, native American and hillbilly ingredients into a unique cultural…
Carnival Train
1999 | 1h 10mins
Carnival Train
1999 | 1h 10mins
A behind the scenes look to see how the magic of the midway comes together, town after town, and how carnies create a community and way of life that transcends place and time.
Euchre
1998 | 12mins
Euchre
1998 | 12mins
This film examines the card game euchre, played with gusto throughout the Midwest. Focus is on the informal traditions surrounding the game including hand gestures, jargon, taunts…
Fire Dance
2002 | 27mins
Fire Dance
2002 | 27mins
Fire Dance presents the emerging art form called fire dancing, as practiced in the northwestern United States. The dancers explain their attraction to "playing with fire", how…
Gracious Fanatics
2005 | 24mins
Gracious Fanatics
2005 | 24mins
Folklorist Tom Mould explores the phenomenon of the kiln opening, when potters sell to collectors the products of a recently fired kiln.
It Ain't City Music
1973 | 15mins
It Ain't City Music
1973 | 15mins
It Ain't City Music was filmed at the National Country Music Contest at Lake Whippoorwill in Warrenton, Virginia, in 1972. "Any country song you hear nowadays, the guy's either in…
Jazz Parades
1990 | 58mins
Jazz Parades
1990 | 58mins
Alan Lomax's overview of the Jazz scene in New Orleans with interviews and performances by Majestic Band, the Preservation Hall Band (Willie Humphrey, James "Sing" Miller, Emanuel…
Kings of Christmas
2005 | 11mins
Kings of Christmas
2005 | 11mins
The Kings of Christmas, introduces the men and women, the vast majority of whom are Italian-American, behind the biggest, brightest, and most over-the-top holiday decorated houses…
Learned it in Back Days and Kept It
1981 | 28mins
Learned it in Back Days and Kept It
1981 | 28mins
Portrait of Lucreaty Clark (1903 - 1986), an African American oak basket maker from rural Florida. Clark embraced a wide repertoire of traditional African American songs, games…
Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge
2009 | 26mins
Mr. Jimmy‘s Birthday Challenge
2009 | 26mins
When Mr. Jimmy Moore challenged himself to run 80 kilometers in 1 day for his 80th birthday, his small Mississippi town got behind him to see if they too could "run their age,"…
Musical Holdouts
1975 | 49mins
Musical Holdouts
1975 | 49mins
This classic, entertaining documentary on American traditional music features varied individuals and groups who have not become part of the “melting pot” of American society.
Parking Lot
2004 | 22mins
Parking Lot
2004 | 22mins
A gritty glimpse into the youth culture of a small southern town, where cars serve as symbols of contested identities. Taped in Burlington, North Carolina
Pizza Pizza Daddy-O
1968 | 18mins
Pizza Pizza Daddy-O
1968 | 18mins
PIZZA PIZZA DADDY-O (1967) looks at continuity and change in girl's playground games at a Los Angeles school.
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