Featured Films
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The High Lonesome Sound1963 | 30 mins
The High Lonesome Sound1963 | 30 minsJohn Cohn's remarkable documentary explores the lives of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed area of Kentucky through spiritual and folk music. Presents songs by revivalist church... -
The Pirogue Maker1949 | 14 minsThe Pirogue Maker1949 | 14 minsIn 1948, Robert Flaherty was working on "The Louisiana Story." He was searching for a small boat, or "pirogue" for his young hero. Flaherty soon became aware that pirogue-making was a disappearing... -
Ranch Album1987 | 1 hr 4 minsRanch Album1987 | 1 hr 4 minsRanch Album celebrates rough country ranching in Northern Arizona and shows real cowboy life. -
Blues Houseparty1989 | 57 minsBlues Houseparty1989 | 57 minsJohn Jackson, John Dee Holeman, Friz Holloway and others perform and reminisce about old-time houseparties in North Carolina and Virginia -
When My Work Is Over2000 | 38 minsWhen My Work Is Over2000 | 38 minsThe gifted African American storyteller Louise Anderson (1921-1994) tells her family stories and folk tales, and recites poetry in this film taped in Jacksonville, North Carolina, in the last years...