Music Films

Paid to Eat Ice Cream

Paid to Eat Ice Cream

2001 | 1h 10mins

Paid to Eat Ice Cream

2001 | 1h 10mins

"Paid To Eat Ice Cream" profiles beloved New Hampshire contra dance musician Bob McQuillen (1923–2014), whose career spanned over five decades and included playing with many…

Great Grandfather's Drum

Great Grandfather's Drum

Great Grandfather’s Drum celebrates Japanese-American culture and history in Hawai’i, told through an intimate and joyful portrait of the Maui Taiko drum ensemble, descendants of…

Other Way Back

2007 | 1h 38mins

2007 | 1h 38mins

"The Other Way Back -- Dancing with Dudley" is a documentary that explores the life and legacy of Dudley Laufman, a key figure in the 20th-century contra dance revival, and…

Unbroken Circle

Unbroken Circle

Unbroken Circle

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…

High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass

High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass

High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass

The 1994 documentary "High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music", directed by Rachel Liebling, traces the evolution of bluegrass music from its Appalachian roots to the present…

Hrvati!

Half-hour documentary on the artistic and cultural heritage of Croatian immigrants in Washington state. Broadcast February 25,1981. Exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution Folk…

Firehouse Women

Firehouse Women

Firehouse Women

A half-hour 1998 film by Ellen Walter about a North Carolina firehouse that’s been converted into a restaurant and the women who sing gospel music there.

Me and Stella

Geri Ashur’s Me & Stella traces the life of blues musician, folk singer, and composer Elizabeth Cotten—and her guitar, Stella—who is best known for writing the folk standard…

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Pete Seeger helped introduce America to its own musical heritage, devoting his life to using the power of song as a force for social change. With his deeply-held beliefs, Seeger…

BANJO TALES with Mike Seeger

BANJO TALES with Mike Seeger

BANJO TALES with Mike Seeger

In 2009, filmmaker Yasha Aginsky accompanied the great old-time musician Mike Seeger and his wife Alexia on recording trips through the Southeastern United States.A tireless…

Clifftop Cameos (1)

Clifftop Cameos (1)

Clifftop Cameos (1)

Short film highlighting the passion of the people who come to the Cifftop festival in West Virginia and play together with their friends.

Becoming Geppetto

Becoming Geppetto

2022 | 1h 10mins

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.

Old Timey Horse Farmers' Gathering

Old Timey Horse Farmers' Gathering

Old Timey Horse Farmers' Gathering

Filmmaker Stan Woodward stopped by a festival with people demonstrating horse and mule farming near the town of Blackville, South Carolina.

Tabla Apprenticeship

Tabla Apprenticeship

Tabla Apprenticeship

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…

Amen! Music of the Black Church

Amen! Music of the Black Church

Amen! Music of the Black Church

"Amen!" explores the rich traditions, historical significance, and meaning of Black church music in a concert film, recorded before a live audience at the Second Baptist Church in…

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