Folk Music Movies

  • 2003
    Finding Joy

    Finding Joy

    Finding Joy

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    Joy Brown (Billie Dean) is a 40-something woman with little confidence, less self-esteem and a burning desire to realise her dream of being a...

    Finding Joy
  • 1978
    John Fahey: Live at Audimax Hamburg

    John Fahey: Live at Audimax Hamburg

    John Fahey: Live at Audimax Hamburg

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    "Shot live for TV by the legendary German music show “Rockpalast” this DVD represents the earliest example of a complete Fahey concert...

    John Fahey: Live at Audimax Hamburg
  • 2022
    Father John Misty - Live from The Ryman

    Father John Misty - Live from The Ryman

    Father John Misty - Live from The Ryman

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    Father John Misty performs a career spanning setlist at The Ryman in Nashville, TN, during the tour for his 5th studio LP, Chloë and the Next...

    Father John Misty - Live from The Ryman
  • 1979
    The Albion Band

    The Albion Band

    The Albion Band

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    A rare 1979 BBC Arena documentary on the Albion Band, Ashley Hutchings and the development of English folk rock up to that time.

    The Albion Band
  • 2002
    Wirklich alles?!

    Wirklich alles?!

    Wirklich alles?!

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    Wirklich alles?!
  • 2017
    No Roads In

    No Roads In

    No Roads In

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    An abandoned homestead, twelve songs and five days to cut an album. A journey into how the power of music transforms our life.

    No Roads In
  • 2015
    David Holt's State of Music

    David Holt's State of Music

    David Holt's State of Music

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    GrammyAward-winning performer David Holt introduces viewers to modern masters of traditional music in the Southern mountains and remembers the greats...

    David Holt's State of Music
  • 2021
    The Songpoet

    The Songpoet

    The Songpoet

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    Eric Andersen is widely regarded as one of the most poetic songwriters that sprang from the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s. His artful...

    The Songpoet
  • 1970
    Comitiva Esperança

    Comitiva Esperança

    Comitiva Esperança

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    Comitiva Esperança
  • 1975
    Jean Carignan, Fiddler

    Jean Carignan, Fiddler

    Jean Carignan, Fiddler

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    Man of the people, taxi driver, Jean Carignan is above all else one of the world's greatest violinists. In his hands reels become complex,...

    Jean Carignan, Fiddler
  • 2021
    Keyboard Fantasies

    Keyboard Fantasies

    Keyboard Fantasies

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    As a sci-fi obsessed woman living in near isolation, Beverly Glenn-Copeland wrote and self-released Keyboard Fantasies in Huntsville, Ontario back in...

    Keyboard Fantasies
  • 1972
    Who Were the Ones?

    Who Were the Ones?

    Who Were the Ones?

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    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?
  • 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

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    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
  • 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

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    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
  • 1996
    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

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    Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New York stage. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and her...

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
  • 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

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    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
  • 2020
    Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

    Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

    Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

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

    Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual
  • 1970
    The Paper Kites: At The Roadhouse

    The Paper Kites: At The Roadhouse

    The Paper Kites: At The Roadhouse

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    The 'At The Roadhouse' concert film follows intimate performances and sequences by The Paper Kites, where in July 2022, the band arrived in the small...

    The Paper Kites: At The Roadhouse
  • 2020
    Talking Like Her

    Talking Like Her

    Talking Like Her

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    Connie Converse was a trailblazing singer-songwritter who bared her soul through thought-provoking music only to discover that 1950's America was...

    Talking Like Her
  • 1993
    Louisiana Blues

    Louisiana Blues

    Louisiana Blues

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    From the camera of celebrated French documentarians Jean-Pierre Bruneau and Jose Reynes, and in the tradition of The Buena Vista Social Club, comes...

    Louisiana Blues