Folk Music Movies
- 2017
No Roads In
No Roads In102017HD
An abandoned homestead, twelve songs and five days to cut an album. A journey into how the power of music transforms our life.
- 1965
Hootenanny a Go-Go
Hootenanny a Go-Go01965HD
A square rich boy wants to make it with a pretty folk singer, so he buys the coffee house where she and a bunch of other beatniks perform. Features...
- 2002
How the Fiddle Flows
How the Fiddle Flows02002HD
How the Fiddle Flows follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading route of the early Europeans. The newcomers introduced the fiddle to...
- 2019
The Mountain Minor
The Mountain Minor62019HD
Life-worn Charlie struggles with leaving his present life and family in Ohio to return to his childhood Kentucky home and the music and lifestyle...
- 1979
Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija
Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija41979HD
The phenomenon of tourism arrives to a remote village. A married couple sells their property to open a motel, which would be a starting point for...
- 2013
John Denver: Country Boy
John Denver: Country Boy8.22013HD
This BBC documentary chronicles the life of folk/soft-rock singer John Denver through his rise with The Chad Mitchell Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary,...
- 2006
Vamp In Symphony With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Vamp In Symphony With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra3.52006HD
Here is Vamp's big live concert at Rockefeller with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. This is a pure hit parade with one of Norway's most popular bands:...
- 1970
Bard of the Village
Bard of the Village01970HD
The legend of Jack Hardy and the Songwriter's Exchange tell the story of Greenwhich Village folk Icon Jack Hardy, and the folk scene that he helped...
- 1964
Nightsong
Nightsong01964HD
A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American...
- 1991
Beyond the Maypole
Beyond the Maypole01991HD
Zimbabwean musician, Biggie Tempo, talks to a number of UK folk musicians about their work and their views on traditional music.
- 2020
Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born
Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born02020HD
Few musicians have made an impact throughout the decades as seismic as Bob Dylan. Retrace his journey, from humble folk beginnings in Hibbing, to the...
- 1993
Louisiana Blues
Louisiana Blues01993HD
From the camera of celebrated French documentarians Jean-Pierre Bruneau and Jose Reynes, and in the tradition of The Buena Vista Social Club, comes...
- 2007
Folk Hibernia at the BBC
Folk Hibernia at the BBC6.52007HD
Celebrating the finest in Irish folk music with a compilation of performances taken from the BBC archives. Highlights include songs from The Clancy...
- 1973
Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors
Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors3.81973HD
Stompin' Tom performs live at the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen St. in Toronto.
- 2011
The Kingdom of Survival
The Kingdom of Survival02011HD
The Kingdom of Survival explores modern skepticism in America, challenges the status quo and uncovers provocative links between survivalist...
- 1968
The World of the Seekers
The World of the Seekers01968HD
While flying to the first stop on their latest tour, the four members of the Australian music group The Seekers recall in flashback the origins of...
- 1934
Die Comedian Harmonists singen Volkslieder
Die Comedian Harmonists singen Volkslieder01934HD
The Comedian Harmonists sing various German folk songs in a picturesque landscape.
- 2021
Chaos Kollage
Chaos Kollage02021HD
A dazzling display of abstracted images.
- 2006
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home02006HD
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...
- 2019
Old Harp Singing of East Tennessee
Old Harp Singing of East Tennessee02019HD
A short musical film on the Old Harp tradition from East Tennessee, shot around a gathering in a church of the Smoky Mountains