Folk Movies

‘Get Better – A Film About Frank Turner’ was directed by friend Ben Morse, and follows Frank Turner and his band The Sleeping Souls...

Philadelphia's Tower Theater hosts this soulful 1980 Paul Simon concert. Backed by a band featuring several members of Stuff, Simon delivers solo...

Donnie Munro's lasts concert as lead singer of Runrig. The band bid a tearful farewell to lead singer Donnie Munro in this live performance at...

Folk-jazz composer/arranger Arthur Verocai was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has created challenging arragements and compositions for Brazilian artists...

A powerful account of the Kolbari covert goods traden between the Kurdish cities and towns of Iran and borders of Iraq. The film follows Hamid and...

The music they make gives us joy and comfort. Now they will get something back. Christine Dancke brings pop stars on the road trip with surprises and...

A coven of witches gather in Vermont in a feminist collective’s transporting short that shakes off patriarchal scrutiny during the...

A meditation which is equal parts hungarian folklore, and classic gangster film. Wherein the youngest son is on the run, after stealing the boss'...

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

When a young country boy becomes of age, he must face his family's rite of passage.

In the year 1622, the young Badria is held responsible for the death of the princess after the birth of the royal child and accused of witchcraft....

Folk music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie became internationally renowned with her protest song "Universal Soldier." In this short documentary, she candidly...

Anu, an innocent eleven year old girl who can not spend a day without her grandmother, and is told that she has gone to "God's House" upon her...

In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the...

The highlights of the 20th Anniversary Concert celebrating the partnership between Wales' best -known political folk singer and the first...

Young Masters is an original series commissioned by NOWNESS China focusing on traditional Chinese cultures, and how they continue to be defined by a...

This documentary is a journey into our own fascination, a collection of portraits of folk musicians living in New England, and a study of the ground...