Customs Films

Zydeco

Nick Spitzer film on African American dance-hall music in French-speaking southwest Louisiana, with Dolon Carriere, Armand Ardoin, and Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin.

Winter Crossing at L'lsle-Aux-Coudres

Winter Crossing at L'lsle-Aux-Coudres

Winter Crossing at L'lsle-Aux-Coudres

On an island the road ends where it begins, at the wharf. The wharf is the link to the rest of the world, until winter cuts it off. But the islanders know the winter sea and its…

Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner

Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner

Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner

In 1979 Keir Cline shot footage at the Tenth Annual National Hollerin’ Contest in Spivey’s Corner, a small crossroads community in southeastern North Carolina. The festival had…

Weaver

Featuring, Margaret Carr, a well-known figure in the upstate New York weaving community

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.

Two Homes, One Heart

Two Homes, One Heart

Two Homes, One Heart

Sikhs in Northern California celebrate special events with Giddha and Bhangra, songs and dances from their native land, Punjab, India.

Turtle Stew

Tradition Bearers

Tradition Bearers

Tradition Bearers

A documentary about Finnish American history and folk art expressed through the lives and repertories of our folk artists living in the western Great Lakes Region.

Texas Tavola

The Tavola di San Giuseppe, an important religious event at which a single Sicilian-American family hosts almost 1,000 guests in honor of St. Joseph.

Stewbilee

St. Paul Camp Ground

St. Paul Camp Ground

St. Paul Camp Ground

Twenty years after slavery, four leaders of the St. Paul community bought the land for the campground. Held the second week of October, the camp has many traditions, including…

South Carolina Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee

South Carolina Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee

South Carolina Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee

Scandinavian Traditions

Scandinavian Traditions

Scandinavian Traditions

Scandinavian Traditions takes a nostalgic look at childhood memories and family traditions and shows us that there is more to being Scandinavian than Ole and Lena jokes — this…

Salamanders

An annual, weekend party at a college fraternity, which includes swallowing live salamanders develops into a competition among coeds that has sexual overtones. A George…

Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco

Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco

Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco

A 1988 8mm video documentary about the street children of San Francisco. The video documents the expressive traditions of a group of young runaways who formed an alternative…

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