Folk Music Movies

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

Blues and folk singer Karen Dalton was a prominent figure in 1960s New York. Idolized by Bob Dylan and Nick Cave, Karen discarded the traditional...

"Man in the Sand" is a 1999 music documentary that chronicles the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, which involved the musicians creating...

This short film was created by a group of Indigenous filmmakers at the NFB in 1972 and is essentially a song by Willie Dunn sung by Bob Charlie and...

Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will honor either a songwriter, interpreter, or singer/songwriter whose career reflects...

This television special is a first for the reclusive singer with the BBC documentary gaining new interviews with Young, nine months apart in New York...

A young man finds a way to spend his last few days of freedom before joining the army. Set in eastern Bosnia in summer of 1968.

An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Girls. With never-before-seen archival and intimate...

Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades. It includes...

A documentary on the surviving syncretic pagan midwinter customs of the British Isles, focusing on nine ritual celebrations ranging from the Moray...

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...

GrammyAward-winning performer David Holt introduces viewers to modern masters of traditional music in the Southern mountains and remembers the greats...

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.

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

Stompin' Tom performs live at the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen St. in Toronto.

Songs: Everyday, That's Why I'm Here, Only One, Frozen Man, On the 4th of July, Whenever You're Ready, Raised Up Family, Mexico, Steamroller Blues,...

In a small Wisconsin lake town, a poverty-stricken felon contracts a novel prions disease after ingesting tainted venison. As his descent into...

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