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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.
Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner
1978 | 17mins
Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner
1978 | 17mins
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…
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.
Texas Style
1986 | 28mins
Texas Style
1986 | 28mins
"Texas Style" is an intimate look at rural Texas culture and the traditional fiddle music played on its back roads. With spirited rhythms and guitar accompaniment, Texas fiddling…
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…
Southern Stews: A Taste of the South
2002 | 56mins
Southern Stews: A Taste of the South
2002 | 56mins
This spontaneously-shot surprising documentary looks across the South to see the connections between the folk heritage traditions of communal cooking in gigantic black iron pots…
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…
Showdown at the Hoedown
1976 | 57mins
Showdown at the Hoedown
1976 | 57mins
Sheep Stew Of Dundas
2001 | 56mins
Sheep Stew Of Dundas
2001 | 56mins
This journey in search of the story of Dundas Sheep Stew and its preparation is poignant as we learn how fragile the tradition is; and it is filled at every turn with good humor…
Salamanders
1982 | 12mins
Salamanders
1982 | 12mins
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…
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…
Rattlesnakes
1992 | 24mins
Rattlesnakes
1992 | 24mins
The annual rattlesnake bagging contest at this tiny Appalachian festival includes a parade, a fair, firefighters’ contests, and a greased pig chase. A George Hornbein/Ken Thigpen…
Raquetteurs
1958 | 14mins
Raquetteurs
1958 | 14mins
This short documentary records the celebration and ritual surrounding a snowshoe competition in Sherbrooke, Canada in the late 1950s. The film marked the beginning of a new…
Quilting
1998 | 26mins
Quilting
1998 | 26mins
This film explores the deep tradition of quilting in the U.S. with a focus on contemporary quilting. In doing so, the film considers both the tension between conservatism and…
Painted Bride
1990 | 25mins
Painted Bride
1990 | 25mins
This 1990 video features the exquisite mehndi body painting tradition as it is practiced among Pakistani immigrants living in Queens, New York City. The film follows a mehndi…
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