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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…
Dedans Le Sud de la Louisiane
1972 | 45mins
Dedans Le Sud de la Louisiane
1972 | 45mins
A travelogue study of Cajun and Creole music and culture, circa 1972: a mythical land, its people, their ancient French language and most of all their wonderful musical…
Baghdad Twist
2007 | 33mins
Baghdad Twist
2007 | 33mins
A visual memoir of one family's life in Iraq before escaping to a new home in Canada in the fall of 1970. Featuring a never-before-seen collection of archival images, home movies,…
Gypsies Sing Long Ballads
1982 | 28mins
Gypsies Sing Long Ballads
1982 | 28mins
Scotland’s Gypsies have lived outside mainstream society for more than 500 years. Although some of the “Travelling People” still live by the sides of roads, most live today in…
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.
From Mambo to Hip Hop
2006 | 53mins
From Mambo to Hip Hop
2006 | 53mins
From Mambo to Hip-Hop dances through the history of a borough that nurtured two musical movements: the mambo that evolved into salsa, and the hip-hop that arose from the most…
My Town
1986 | 26mins
My Town
1986 | 26mins
Shot on location in Palermiti and the Boston area of Massachusetts, MY TOWN/MIO PAESE shows the family, cultural and religious ties between immigrants and their paesani in…
Family Across the Sea
1990 | 57mins
Family Across the Sea
1990 | 57mins
Family Across the Sea shows how scholars have uncovered the remarkable connections between the Gullah people of South Carolina and the people of Sierra Leone.
Displaced in the New South
1996 | 56mins
Displaced in the New South
1996 | 56mins
In 1980, there were a few thousand Asian and Latino immigrants in Georgia. By 1994, there were more than 300,000. Displaced in the New South explores the cultural collision…
Ave Maria
1986 | 27mins
Ave Maria
1986 | 27mins
Documents one of the most important traditions of Boston's Italian-Americans: the annual celebration of the Feast of the Madonna del Soccorso, popularly known as the Fisherman's…
Making of Muna Muday
2018 | 12mins
Making of Muna Muday
2018 | 12mins
Portrait of a young Somalie woman who immigrated to Nashville Tenn when she was 10.
Accordions Rising
2015 | 1h 13mins
Accordions Rising
2015 | 1h 13mins
Accordions Rising offers entertaining, conversation-style interviews, anecdotal commentary, and both formal and informal music performances by celebrated accordionists, composers,…
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…
Musical Holdouts
1975 | 49mins
Musical Holdouts
1975 | 49mins
This classic, entertaining documentary on American traditional music features varied individuals and groups who have not become part of the “melting pot” of American society.
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…
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