Folk Music Movies

  • 2024
    Broken Token

    Broken Token

    Broken Token

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    A single female voice sings of waiting in her garden for her ‘dark-eyed sailor’ to return from war, bearing the other half of their...

    Broken Token
  • 2013
    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

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    Filmed before a small studio audience in the bare style of some of the previous BBC music shows on which Thompson has appeared, this concert...

    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre
  • 1970
    Thank You, Hank Bee

    Thank You, Hank Bee

    Thank You, Hank Bee

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    A mini-doc capturing Hank Bee's first headline show at Liverpool's Quarry

    Thank You, Hank Bee
  • 1980
    Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

    Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

    Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

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    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
  • 2021
    Amigo the Devil ─ Caving In: Alive and Alone

    Amigo the Devil ─ Caving In: Alive and Alone

    Amigo the Devil ─ Caving In: Alive and Alone

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    Your gateway to an intimate set of songs performed in an isolated world eight stories underground. Different from a live show and separate from...

    Amigo the Devil ─ Caving In: Alive and Alone
  • 2022
    To dress in Latvian signs

    To dress in Latvian signs

    To dress in Latvian signs

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    The moment when the lights on the stage suddenly go out and the dancer finds himself completely alone in the digital environment, the way back to the...

    To dress in Latvian signs
  • 1970
    Highland Home

    Highland Home

    Highland Home

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    A poignant tale of longing and loss is revealed when a timeworn journal transports a young girl to a place of enchanting wonders.

    Highland Home
  • 2023
    Al compás

    Al compás

    Al compás

    02023HD

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

    Al compás
  • 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
  • 1990
    The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

    The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

    The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

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    Produced by JVC in collaboration with a Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings editorial board of scholars and Multicultural Media, The JVC Anthology of...

    The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance