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Woodsmen and River Drivers
1989 | 28mins
Woodsmen and River Drivers
1989 | 28mins
Men and women who worked for the Machias Lumber Company before 1930 share their recollections of the logging industry in Maine when they cut trees by hand, hauled logs to the…
Water from Another Time
1982 | 28mins
Water from Another Time
1982 | 28mins
A film document of three elderly residents of Orange County, Indiana. Featured in the film are musician Lotus Dickey, clock builder and tinkerer Elmer Boyd, and self-taught artist…
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…
Upperville Show
1970 | 10mins
Upperville Show
1970 | 10mins
The Upperville Colt & Horse Show is the oldest horse show in America. Established in 1853 by Colonel Richard Henry Dulany, who also founded the Piedmont Fox Hounds, the show…
Unbroken Circle
1985 | 57mins
Unbroken Circle
1985 | 57mins
The film traces the development of traditional country music in Vermont from unaccompanied ballads through Franco- and Anglo-American fiddling to radio cowboy bands and…
Turtle Stew
2014 | 56mins
Turtle Stew
2014 | 56mins
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.
Tough, Pretty, or Smart
1981 | 29mins
Tough, Pretty, or Smart
1981 | 29mins
The portrayal of rural Indiana group, The Patoka Valley Boys, a six-person string band comprising one of America's finest old-time and bluegrass musical groups.
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…
Stranger With a Camera
2000 | 1h
Stranger With a Camera
2000 | 1h
During the 1960s, filmmakers from around the world came to Appalachia to document the dire conditions of the region’s poorest residents. Media focused the nation’s attention on…
Stewbilee
2005 | 30mins
Stewbilee
2005 | 30mins
South Carolina Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee
2014 | 30mins
South Carolina Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee
2014 | 30mins
Sitting On Top of the World at the Fiddlers‘ Convention
1974 | 24mins
Sitting On Top of the World at the Fiddlers‘ Convention
1974 | 24mins
The fiddlers' convention at Union Grove is the oldest bluegrass music festival of the U.S., held on the eastern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. This film…
Sea Bright Skiff
1991 | 28mins
Sea Bright Skiff
1991 | 28mins
The Sea Bright-style skiff dates back to the mid 1800s along the North Jersey Shore. Charles Hankins still hand-crafts these boats of New Jersey cedar and green oak, though they…
River
1980 | 16mins
River
1980 | 16mins
Life and lore along the legendary Hudson River with a special appearance by Pete Seeger.
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