Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-old Tommy Jarrell of Toast, NC. Tommy was quirky, gregarious and generous, and this film shows him at his best, in fine fiddling form.
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Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades. It includes...
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Blues and folk singer Karen Dalton was a prominent figure in 1960s New York. Idolized by Bob Dylan and Nick Cave, Karen discarded the traditional...
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A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.
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Through concerts and interviews, folk-progressive group Harmonium takes Quebec culture to California. This documentary full of colour and sound,...
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Steamboatin' stories from those who lived them, river history, authentic footage and stills, along with music and narration by John Hartford.
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Appalachian Journey is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). ...
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An intimate, arresting portrait of the cursed Appalachian mining town of Ivanhoe, Virginia. The film captures the town as it prepares for the annual...
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July 7, 1977. Tormented by tinnitus and fiending for fame, folk musician Paul Cody has isolated himself at a remote cabin in the sweltering summer...
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In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville,...
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Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine...
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Folk music of the Sahara is an intoxicating experience of sight and sound captured among the Tuareg and Libyan people of North Central Africa. Filmed...