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Zydeco
1986 | 55mins
Zydeco
1986 | 55mins
Nick Spitzer film on African American dance-hall music in French-speaking southwest Louisiana, with Dolon Carriere, Armand Ardoin, and Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin.
Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
2011 | 27mins
Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
2011 | 27mins
In 2002 the art world was rocked to its foundations by a group of unusual, abstract quilts made by African American women from an obscure hamlet in southern Alabama. People lined…
When My Work Is Over
2000 | 38mins
When My Work Is Over
2000 | 38mins
The gifted African American storyteller Louise Anderson (1921-1994) tells her family stories and folk tales, and recites poetry in this film taped in Jacksonville, North Carolina,…
Weaver
1974 | 8mins
Weaver
1974 | 8mins
Featuring, Margaret Carr, a well-known figure in the upstate New York weaving community
We Shall Not Be Moved
2007 | 46mins
We Shall Not Be Moved
2007 | 46mins
During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was supposed to give sharecroppers a chance at land ownership. But for Black farmers in Tillery, North Carolina,…
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.
W. C. Taylor High School: A Legacy
2021 | 21mins
W. C. Taylor High School: A Legacy
2021 | 21mins
W.C. Taylor High School in Warrenton, Virginia was the first high school in Fauquier County to serve African American students during segregation. Principal Hazzard and Vice…
Virginia Peanut Story
2019 | 58mins
Virginia Peanut Story
2019 | 58mins
The Virginia Peanut Story tells the rise and fall of the dominance of the Virginia/Carolina peanut industry. Aided by returning Union soldiers after the Civil War, railroads and…
Urban Gospel Ministry of Robert and Lily Butler
1998 | 40mins
Urban Gospel Ministry of Robert and Lily Butler
1998 | 40mins
Ms. Butler and her son, the Reverend Rober Butler, play at folk festivals and churches throughout New York City
Two Black Churches
1975 | 19mins
Two Black Churches
1975 | 19mins
TWO BLACK CHURCHES" is based on fieldwork Bill Ferris conducted at a church in Vicksburg, Mississippi and at a church in New Haven, Conn. Footage includes a full immersion…
Toot Blues
2009 | 1h 14mins
Toot Blues
2009 | 1h 14mins
Wall to wall blues from unheralded artists. The film gives a glimpse of what is being lost and Tim Duffy's heroic efforts to document the passing.
Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
1971 | 53mins
Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
1971 | 53mins
Philip Spalding\'s study of the history and men who played New Orleans Jazz through the eyes of one of its greatest trumpet players: Punch Miller (died 1971). Kid Punch was…
This Cat Can Play Anything
1977 | 29mins
This Cat Can Play Anything
1977 | 29mins
A portrayal of the life and musical career of New Orleans banjo and guitar jazzman Emanuel 'Manny' Sayles, a man whose musical career has in many ways followed the development of…
Style Wars
1983 | 1h 9mins
Style Wars
1983 | 1h 9mins
New York's legendary Kings of Graffiti own a special place in the hip hop pantheon. Style Wars is regarded by many as the definitive document of the emerging hip hop culture, an…
Stepping
1998 | 16mins
Stepping
1998 | 16mins
This film explores the tradition of African American stepping, primarily among college men and women. Dance forms, chants, songs and social functions of this tradition serve as…
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