Folk Music Movies

  • 2006
    Katie Melua - Piece by Piece

    Katie Melua - Piece by Piece

    Katie Melua - Piece by Piece

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    Katie Melua's long awaited second album, Piece By Piece, is released nearly two years after the debut of her multi-platinum selling album, Call Off...

    Katie Melua - Piece by Piece
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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    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
  • 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
  • 1934
    Die Comedian Harmonists singen Volkslieder

    Die Comedian Harmonists singen Volkslieder

    Die Comedian Harmonists singen Volkslieder

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    The Comedian Harmonists sing various German folk songs in a picturesque landscape.

    Die Comedian Harmonists singen Volkslieder
  • 2008
    The Folk Singer: A Tale of Men, Music & America

    The Folk Singer: A Tale of Men, Music & America

    The Folk Singer: A Tale of Men, Music & America

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    Follows folk blues singer Jon Konrad a.k.a. Possessed by Paul James on tour from Texas to Louisiana as he attempts to make enough money to supply for...

    The Folk Singer: A Tale of Men, Music & America
  • 2022
    Quietest Boy – The Lillebjørn Nilsen Story

    Quietest Boy – The Lillebjørn Nilsen Story

    Quietest Boy – The Lillebjørn Nilsen Story

    02022HD

    A documentary portraying the life of Norwegian folk singer Lillebjørn Nilsen. Lillebjørn's talent brought him into the limelight as a...

    Quietest Boy – The Lillebjørn Nilsen Story
  • 2020
    Caterina

    Caterina

    Caterina

    02020HD

    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...

    Caterina
  • 2013
    Ramón Ayala

    Ramón Ayala

    Ramón Ayala

    92013HD

    Marcos Lopez's first feature film explores the world and oeuvre of Argentine folk musician, Ramón Ayala. The movie also provides interviews...

    Ramón Ayala
  • 2003
    Steve Goodman: Live from Austin City Limits... and More

    Steve Goodman: Live from Austin City Limits... and More

    Steve Goodman: Live from Austin City Limits... and More

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    This program collects a number of the late singer/songwriter Steve Goodman's appearances on the classic AUSTIN CITY LIMITS television series....

    Steve Goodman: Live from Austin City Limits... and More
  • 2004
    Folk Music of the Sahara: Among the Tuareg of Libya

    Folk Music of the Sahara: Among the Tuareg of Libya

    Folk Music of the Sahara: Among the Tuareg of Libya

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    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...

    Folk Music of the Sahara: Among the Tuareg of Libya
  • 2007
    Jet Set

    Jet Set

    Jet Set

    92007HD

    When aliens attack a turbo-folk festival in Stepojevac, Boban Zdravkovic, having narrowly escaped the massacre, sets out on a mission of revenge for...

    Jet Set
  • 1970
    Creature Fear

    Creature Fear

    Creature Fear

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

    Creature Fear
  • 2003
    Tri Yann : Trente Ans Au Zénith

    Tri Yann : Trente Ans Au Zénith

    Tri Yann : Trente Ans Au Zénith

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    Tri Yann's 2001 concert at the Zenith Arena in Paris celebrating the group's 30th Anniversary.

    Tri Yann : Trente Ans Au Zénith
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1978
    John Fahey: Live at Audimax Hamburg

    John Fahey: Live at Audimax Hamburg

    John Fahey: Live at Audimax Hamburg

    01978HD

    "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
  • 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
  • 2013
    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

    02013HD

    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