Arts & Crafts, Traditional Films

Mud in the Blood
Mud in the Blood
2025 | 9mins
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Mud in the Blood
2025 | 9mins
Wood-Firing Potters Carry the Torch in Rural Western North Carolina
Mana: Beyond Belief
Mana: Beyond Belief
2004 | 1h 32mins
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Mana: Beyond Belief
2004 | 1h 32mins
"Mana: Beyond Belief" is a documentary film that explores the concept of "mana," a Polynesian word representing the power or special significance invested in objects, places, or…
Luther Metke at 94
Luther Metke at 94
1981 | 27mins
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Luther Metke at 94
1981 | 27mins
Luther Metke at 94 is a 1979 American short documentary film directed by Jorge Preloran and Steve Raymen at the Ethnographic Film Program, University of California, Los Angeles.…
Samuel Yellin's Legacy
Samuel Yellin's Legacy
1993 | 57mins
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Samuel Yellin's Legacy
1993 | 57mins
Samuel Yellin's Legacy  tells the story of America’s top metalworking shop, showcasing its hand-forged artistry and lasting impact.
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
2003 | 1h 10mins
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Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
2003 | 1h 10mins
This feature-length documentary traces the journey of the Haisla people to reclaim the G'psgolox totem pole that went missing from their British Columbia village in 1929. The fate…
Becoming Geppetto
Becoming Geppetto
2022 | 1h 10mins
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Becoming Geppetto
2022 | 1h 10mins
Becoming Geppetto gives us an intimate and serenely meditative front-row seat to the Petros's guitar making process, as well as a look into their family life and history.
Weaving Indiana
Weaving Indiana
2023 | 25mins
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Weaving Indiana
2023 | 25mins
Weaving Indiana presents the lives and work of two rag-rug makers who learned to weave on their family farm in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
Patient Art
Patient Art
1990 | 27mins
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Patient Art
1990 | 27mins
The film documents the process of tapestry weaving from design to finish and captures the beautiful singing of the Swazi women weavers who worked in Patrick County, Virginia,…
Bird Taxidermy Apprenticeship
Bird Taxidermy Apprenticeship
2022 | 6mins
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Bird Taxidermy Apprenticeship
2022 | 6mins
What do nature centers, natural history museums, and hunters have in common? They all require someone skilled in bird taxidermy. This film shows how, with the help of a two-year…
Western Boot Making Apprenticeship
Western Boot Making Apprenticeship
2022 | 7mins
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Western Boot Making Apprenticeship
2022 | 7mins
Although once ubiquitous, the art and craft of making footwear by hand is a craft that’s practiced by very few people in Massachusetts today. Its survival relies on knowledge,…
Hong Kong Hungry Ghost Festival
Hong Kong Hungry Ghost Festival
1971 | 28mins
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Hong Kong Hungry Ghost Festival
1971 | 28mins
Simple Gifts
Simple Gifts
1972 | 27mins
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Simple Gifts
1972 | 27mins
Produced by Ohio Bell Telephone and narrated by Ralph Rinzler from the Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Center, this film highlight aspects of Folklife in the State of Ohio. It…
Stone Carvers
Stone Carvers
1984 | 28mins
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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…
Why Quilts Matter 09: Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
Why Quilts Matter 09: Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter 09: Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
2011 | 27mins
Quilt scholarship has grown into a serious discipline generating material of interest—not just to the quilt world — but to a dozen other important disciplines from material…
Why Quilts Matter 08: Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
Why Quilts Matter 08: Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
2011 | 28mins
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Why Quilts Matter 08: Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
2011 | 28mins
“Quilt making,” as one quilt maker says, “is the greatest mass movement nobody ever heard of.” The population of the American quilt world outnumbers those of many small countries,…

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