Folk Music Movies

Appalachian Journey is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). ...

Latcho Drom is a vista of the music, culture, and journey of the Romani people—from their homeland of India, to Europe and Southwest Asia.

A documentary film about the origins of the Basque trikitixa. It reflects how the small accordion brought by one of the Italian workers who came to...

In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville,...

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

Changing Landscapes meditates upon the care and carelessness humans brought to bear on the environment in Scotland. Rare archive combines with...

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...

Jesse Welles performs his album "Devil’s Den" with his live band in an Arkansas cabin, filmed seamlessly in one continuous shot

Blending intimate voice-over with the fractured memories of a 1970s folksinger, IN THE EVER follows Sam Ellis, a mechanic, whose songs written for...

96-year-old clarinet master Grigoris Kapsalis, the last living musician of a generation that shaped the music of Epirus, has long been an integral...

A couple of tough girls from the Brazilian countryside race their pickup truck to win a bet and prove that they're better than the boys.

Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." The music of the folk singer/songwriter has been recorded by...

Pop sensations the Lovin' Spoonful perform their biggest hits in this collection of television appearances from the 1960s and '70s. Lead singer and...

A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for...

Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking...

An unvarnished chronicle of Bob Dylan's metamorphosis from folk to rock musician via appearances at the Newport Folk Festival between 1963 and 1965.

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

In a small Wisconsin lake town, a poverty-stricken felon contracts Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease after ingesting diseased venison. As his descent into...

Waiters’ competition at Heroes’ Square in the late thirties. Dressed as waiters, Kapa and Pepe awake in the bronze chariot of the...