Folk Music Movies

  • 2017
    ANA

    ANA

    ANA

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    ANA
  • 1964
    Nightsong

    Nightsong

    Nightsong

    01964HD

    A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American...

    Nightsong
  • 2020
    Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

    Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

    Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

    02020HD

    Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go...

    Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual
  • 1955
    Rhythm and Sound

    Rhythm and Sound

    Rhythm and Sound

    6.51955HD

    National folk dances performed by "Tanec" folk dancers) from Skopje.

    Rhythm and Sound
  • 2023
    The Forest Drum

    The Forest Drum

    The Forest Drum

    02023HD

    The Forest Drum follows a monster looking to make friends with the other animals that live in the forest with him. While the animals are scared...

    The Forest Drum
  • 2006
    Courage & Patience & Grit: Great Big Sea in Concert

    Courage & Patience & Grit: Great Big Sea in Concert

    Courage & Patience & Grit: Great Big Sea in Concert

    02006HD

    Courage & Patience & Grit is a DVD/CD set released by the band Great Big Sea on November 14, 2006. It contains video of the live performance...

    Courage & Patience & Grit: Great Big Sea in Concert
  • 2023
    Al compás

    Al compás

    Al compás

    02023HD

    A portrait of the Arab musicians Bahaa al Jomaa and Yazan Ibrahim.

    Al compás
  • 2015
    The Sfroos - Viaggio nella musica di Lombardia

    The Sfroos - Viaggio nella musica di Lombardia

    The Sfroos - Viaggio nella musica di Lombardia

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    The Sfroos - Viaggio nella musica di Lombardia
  • 1980
    Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

    Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

    Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

    01980HD

    A fiddler's hand creates its own choreography is music is performed. This film is an attempt to share the dance. In the tradition and spirit of a...

    Billy Doucette's Hornpipe
  • 2019
    Old Harp Singing of East Tennessee

    Old Harp Singing of East Tennessee

    Old Harp Singing of East Tennessee

    02019HD

    A short musical film on the Old Harp tradition from East Tennessee, shot around a gathering in a church of the Smoky Mountains

    Old Harp Singing of East Tennessee
  • 2004
    Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous of the Dead

    Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous of the Dead

    Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous of the Dead

    02004HD

    Morocco is a land of ingratiating variety and intense contrast. Its people are as diverse as its topography. The cosmopolitan Atlantic coast fuses...

    Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous of the Dead
  • 2007
    Folk Hibernia at the BBC

    Folk Hibernia at the BBC

    Folk Hibernia at the BBC

    6.52007HD

    Celebrating the finest in Irish folk music with a compilation of performances taken from the BBC archives. Highlights include songs from The Clancy...

    Folk Hibernia at the BBC
  • 1964
    American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

    American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

    American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

    01964HD

    A 16 minute short comprising 2 acts of a 1964 event where an innovative group of musicians performed on a real railroad track. The audience on one...

    American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
  • 2017
    Leave the Saints Alone

    Leave the Saints Alone

    Leave the Saints Alone

    7.92017HD

    A journey through Italy across a century of popular religious devotion. Ancient and more recent saints, white and black Madonnas, devotional...

    Leave the Saints Alone
  • 1992
    Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers at The Ryman

    Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers at The Ryman

    Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers at The Ryman

    01992HD

    At the Ryman is a 1992 live album by Emmylou Harris and her then-newly formed acoustic backing band, The Nash Ramblers, recorded at the Ryman...

    Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers at The Ryman
  • 2019
    The Mountain Minor

    The Mountain Minor

    The Mountain Minor

    4.82019HD

    Life-worn Charlie struggles with leaving his present life and family in Ohio to return to his childhood Kentucky home and the music and lifestyle...

    The Mountain Minor
  • 2007
    The American Folk Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966

    The American Folk Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966

    The American Folk Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966

    72007HD

    In 1962, a group of legendary American blues musicians embarked on a series of tours to the United Kingdom. Footage from these classic concerts,...

    The American Folk Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966
  • 2006
    Vamp In Symphony With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Vamp In Symphony With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Vamp In Symphony With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    3.52006HD

    Here is Vamp's big live concert at Rockefeller with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. This is a pure hit parade with one of Norway's most popular bands:...

    Vamp In Symphony With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra
  • 1972
    Who Were the Ones?

    Who Were the Ones?

    Who Were the Ones?

    01972HD

    This short film was created by a group of Indigenous filmmakers at the NFB in 1972 and is essentially a song by Willie Dunn sung by Bob Charlie and...

    Who Were the Ones?
  • 1970
    The River in Me

    The River in Me

    The River in Me

    01970HD

    Traversing 700,000 square kilometers over 700 days, the filmmakers bring the stories of five people who crisscross the Yellow River to perform their...

    The River in Me