Folk Music Movies
- 2004
Nat Pwe: Burma's Carnival of Spirit Soul
Nat Pwe: Burma's Carnival of Spirit Soul02004HD
In Burma, many people believe in ghost spirits called NATs. They are said to possess the power to assist or devastate the lives of those who...
- 1972
Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concert
Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concert01972HD
A classic concert by Gordon Lightfoot from 1972, accompanied by Red Shea and Richard Haynes. They perform songs including Summer Side of Life,...
- 1980
Billy Doucette's Hornpipe
Billy Doucette's Hornpipe01980HD
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...
- 2004
Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous of the Dead
Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous of the Dead02004HD
Morocco is a land of ingratiating variety and intense contrast. Its people are as diverse as its topography. The cosmopolitan Atlantic coast fuses...
- 1992
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers at The Ryman
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers at The Ryman01992HD
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...
- 2015
The Waterboys: Live at Glastonbury 2015
The Waterboys: Live at Glastonbury 201502015HD
For true believers, Mike Scott will always be the man who invented and defined 1980s stadium rock, and then bailed out just as U2 and Simple Minds...
- 2024
Ingebjørg Bratland og KORK – Live i marka
Ingebjørg Bratland og KORK – Live i marka02024HD
The popular singer and folk musician Ingebjørg Bratland performs her music on the Frognerseteren Amfi in Oslo, August 11th 2023.
- 2023
Blues Run the Game: The Strange Tale of Jackson C. Frank
Blues Run the Game: The Strange Tale of Jackson C. Frank02023HD
The untold story of Jackson C Frank, an American folk legend. His tragic life produced some of the most timeless folk music of our time.
- 1972
Transformations
Transformations61972HD
A coven of witches gather in Vermont in a feminist collective’s transporting short that shakes off patriarchal scrutiny during the...
- 1996
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story01996HD
Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New York stage. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and her...
- 2003
Steve Goodman: Live from Austin City Limits... and More
Steve Goodman: Live from Austin City Limits... and More02003HD
This program collects a number of the late singer/songwriter Steve Goodman's appearances on the classic AUSTIN CITY LIMITS television series....
- 2022
Father John Misty - Live from The Ryman
Father John Misty - Live from The Ryman42022HD
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...
- 2022
Quietest Boy – The Lillebjørn Nilsen Story
Quietest Boy – The Lillebjørn Nilsen Story02022HD
A documentary portraying the life of Norwegian folk singer Lillebjørn Nilsen. Lillebjørn's talent brought him into the limelight as a...
- 1970
Creature Fear
Creature Fear01970HD
An adrift musician travels to his family's lake home for the weekend to record music with an ambitious local singer only to be hounded by a starving...
- 2004
Folk Music of the Sahara: Among the Tuareg of Libya
Folk Music of the Sahara: Among the Tuareg of Libya02004HD
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...
- 1964
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train01964HD
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...
- 1955
Rhythm and Sound
Rhythm and Sound6.51955HD
National folk dances performed by "Tanec" folk dancers) from Skopje.
- 2020
Caterina
Caterina02020HD
A journey to the roots of Italian folk music through the images and the words of its greatest interpreter, Caterina Bueno. 'Caterina' is a portrait...
- 1991
Beyond the Forest: Hungarian Music in Transylvania
Beyond the Forest: Hungarian Music in Transylvania91991HD
The dance house movement, which (illegally) brought folk music from the minority Hungarian Gypsies and peasants of Transylvania - now part of Romania...
- 2022
Anderson Council
Anderson Council02022HD
Following a surprise hit song, the folk duo Joel and George set out to write new material for their first big show. The two butt heads in the...