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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.
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…
Steppin‘
1992 | 55mins
Steppin‘
1992 | 55mins
Introduces viewers to the step show, an exciting dance style popular today among black fraternities and sororities. In addition to many rousing, crowd-pleasing performances, the…
Step It Up and Go
1989 | 59mins
Step It Up and Go
1989 | 59mins
Traces the development of blues music in the Carolinas through interviews with musicians and still photographs.
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