Folk Music on Film

Subject: Folk Music on Film
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 04:45 PM

I don't know if this website is legit, but there's some great stuff on it.

Link to folk music films

Subject: RE: Folk Music on Film
From: RTim
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 05:03 PM

If you are interested in any of these films, I suggest the following to start with - it is great. I saw it at Pinewoods Folk Music Week a couple of years ago when Denise Norton O'Sullivan was on staff. Tim Radford Madison County Project: Documenting the Sound Film by Martha King, Rob Roberts Produced by Martha King, Rob Roberts Cinematographer: Martha King, Rob Roberts, Judd Williamson Sound: Martha King, Rob Roberts Editing: Martha King, Rob Roberts Copyright: 2005, Martha King & Rob Roberts 24 minutes, Color Original format: MiniDV, 2005 Distributor Contact: More Film Facts Madison County Project: Documenting the Sound examines the tradition of unaccompanied ballad singing in Madison County, North Carolina and how both documentary work and the power of family and community have influenced that tradition. The film focuses on John Cohen and Peter Gott's film and recording work in Madison County in the 1960s as well as the voices of today's ballad singers such as Sheila Kay Adams, Donna Ray Norton, Denise Norton O'Sullivan, and DeeDee Norton Buckner. The film is a joint project between two graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Part of the project is to create a more transparent form of documentary that invites participation from those featured in the film, advisors, and the general public. To that end, the filmmakers established a production blog at www.madisoncountyproject.org where they post status reports, make available the latest edits of the film, and solicit comments on their work. If you liked Madison County Project

Subject: RE: Folk Music on Film
From: PoppaGator
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 05:14 PM

A nice addition to that database would be indications of which films are available as DVDs, or at least which can be seen in any video format.

Netflix allows you to sort their available titles by category, with one of the categories being "music." That's pretty broad, and includes all genres mixed together, but there is quite a lot of folk-related stuff available there, much of it digitized from old filmstock and even early-TV kineoscopes.

Subject: RE: Folk Music on Film
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 01 Oct 08 - 01:51 AM

Poppagator: All the films listed at the site I listed can be viewed at that site.

Subject: RE: Folk Music on Film
From: BanjoRay
Date: 01 Oct 08 - 09:15 AM

This is a great site - many superb films watchable on line. Check out Sonny Terry whoopin' and hollerin' with his harp, or the prison worksongs from Huntsville filmed by Pete Seeger. This site's going to keep me occupied for months...
Ray

Subject: RE: Folk Music on Film
From: Fred McCormick
Date: 01 Oct 08 - 09:39 AM

An amazing resource. I'd heard how dangerous the techniques used for tree chopping in Southern penitentiaries were. But I'd never actually seen it before. Frightening.

Subject: RE: Folk Music on Film
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 01 Oct 08 - 11:20 AM

This is a great site that has been mentioned here before. It is an entirely legitimate project, done in cooperation with the filmmakers. When there are commercially available sources for the films, it does provide connections to them (which I, for one, have taken advantage of). For documentaries like this, the filmmakers want to have them seen, and a site like that provides access and information for people (like us) who would have an interest in them.

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: Folk Music on Film
From: PoppaGator
Date: 01 Oct 08 - 12:39 PM

"Poppagator: All the films listed at the site I listed can be viewed at that site. "

Thanks or pointing that out. I do much of my Mudcat-surfing at work, where I do not have speakers and therefore never even think to play videos. Now I know to check this site out at home and reserve plenty of time for browsing!