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Weaving Bitter with the Sweet
2003 | 30mins
Weaving Bitter with the Sweet
2003 | 30mins
A portrait of a Lao refugee woman Mone Saenphimmachak who seeks to overcome loss through the weaving for which her people are famous. Mone Saenphimmachak is a National Heritage…
Two Homes, One Heart
1992 | 26mins
Two Homes, One Heart
1992 | 26mins
Sikhs in Northern California celebrate special events with Giddha and Bhangra, songs and dances from their native land, Punjab, India.
Tradition Bearers
1983 | 48mins
Tradition Bearers
1983 | 48mins
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.
This Is My Home Now
2015 | 26mins
This Is My Home Now
2015 | 26mins
This is My Home Now explores the lives of four youths from three Montagnard immigrant families who have fled their homelands in Southeast Asia to forge a new future in North…
Texas Tavola
2007 | 34mins
Texas Tavola
2007 | 34mins
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.
Tabla Apprenticeship
2022 | 11mins
Tabla Apprenticeship
2022 | 11mins
This film captures the special relationship between world renown tabla player Sandeep Das and his young apprentice to whom he is passing on this ancient music tradition. Using…
Stone Carvers
1984 | 28mins
Stone Carvers
1984 | 28mins
A portrait of the traditional Italian-American artisans who carved the gargoyles and statues of Washington Cathedral, featuring Roger Morigi and Vincent Palumbo. "The Stone…
Soulful Sound
2005 | 56mins
Soulful Sound
2005 | 56mins
Throughout their travels, this enduring ethnic group maintained their traditional religious music, their lullabies and folk songs, their vocal and instrumental music. "A Soulful…
Scandinavian Traditions
2002 | 59mins
Scandinavian Traditions
2002 | 59mins
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…
Scandinavian Folk Music in Minnesota
2014 | 20mins
Scandinavian Folk Music in Minnesota
2014 | 20mins
Scandanavian Folk Music in Minnesota celebrates the musical and cultural legacy that grew out of the Scandinavian immigration to Minnesota- a legacy that is still being practiced…
Rebuilding the Temple
1991 | 57mins
Rebuilding the Temple
1991 | 57mins
After fleeing their country and the Khmer Rouge, this one hour documentary examines the Cambodian refugees‘ efforts to adjust to Western life and the significant role played by…
Prairie Crosses
2002 | 56mins
Prairie Crosses
2002 | 56mins
Prairie Crosses follows the traditional iron art form that crossed continents and oceans and survived famine and war to be reborn on the Great Plains of America and Canada.
Popovich Brothers of South Chicago
1978 | 59mins
Popovich Brothers of South Chicago
1978 | 59mins
Filmmaker Jill Godmilow (with folklorists Ethel Raim and Marty Koenig) made this film in 1977 when there was a community of 1100 Serbian-Americans families in South Chicago. They…
Pericles in America
1988 | 1h 8mins
Pericles in America
1988 | 1h 8mins
This musical portrait of immigrant clarinetist Pericles Halkias and the Epirot-Greek community explores the aspirations and ambivalences of Greek-Americans.
Paj Ntaub
1996 | 40mins
Paj Ntaub
1996 | 40mins
Hmong textile art, Paj ntaub or "flower cloth" consists of textile arts traditionally practiced by Hmong people. The Hmong, a nomadic group originating in China, migrated through…
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