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6:17 First six minutes of "Where Do They All Go? " folkstreamer 170 views 1 week ago Beginning section of a film about the naturalist Jerry A. Payne by filmmaker Tom Davenport.
1:47 Gracious Fanatics (Trailer) folkstreamer 160 views 2 months ago Folklorist Tom Mould explores the phenomenon of the kiln opening, when potters sell to collectors the products of a recently fired kiln. Watch the entire film now at Folkst...
2:21 Preview of film on Dr. Jerry Payne folkstreamer 189 views 2 months ago 2 minute preview of film in progress on Dr. Jerry A. Payne whose work on dating death with insects became a foundation study for modern forensic entomology. The other perso...
1:28 We Are Arabbers (Trailer) folkstreamer 71 views 2 months ago Watch and learn the history of the Arrabers, one of Baltimore's most unique and storied traditions. The full documentary film is available at www.folkstreams.net
1:11 To Hear Your Banjo Play (Trailer) folkstreamer 163 views 2 months ago This 1946 film presents the origin of the banjo, the development of southern folk music and its influence upon Americans. Pete Seeger plays his banjo and narrates the story...
0:57 The Parking Lot (Trailer) folkstreamer 121 views 2 months ago Preview this short yet illuminating portrait of young, rural American teenagers, which depicts a parking lot where distinct identities are formulated in relation to teenage...
21:11 The Parking Lot folkstreamer 225 views 2 months ago This short yet illuminating portrait of young, rural American teenagers shows a piece of Americana that everyone knows but rarely thinks about. Watch as these young adults ...
5:33 Minneapolis Wrestling Club trailer folkstreamer 741 views 5 months ago John Lightfoot's 16mm documentary film about four old-school, Midwestern professional wrestlers. With roots in vaudeville and the carnival sideshow, early professional wres...
13:10 The Music Goes On and On - Popovich Extra folkstreamer 1,262 views 7 months ago Filmmaker Jill Godmillow writes... "In 2010, when Milos Stehlik (Facets Mulitmedia) called to say that he had raised the money to reissue the film "The Popovich Brothers of...
7:15 Basketmaker: Elizabeth Proper folkstreamer 946 views 7 months ago Elizabeth Proper lived all of her life in the Taconic Hills of eastern New York State. She harvested her own white oak to make her baskets. She was in her 'forties when...

About folkstreamer

"Folkstreamer" is the youtube channel for www.Folkstreams.net --- A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures, streamed with essays about the traditions and film making. The site includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to the distributor and to related websites.

The goal of Folkstreams.net is to encourage the use, purchase, distribution, and archiving of important documentary films on folk and traditional cultures, and to acknowledge the contributions of the folklorists, filmmakers, foundations, and production companies who made the films.

The logo picture is of the storyteller Louise Anderson who said "To love someone, you have to know their stories." Louise Anderson (1921- 1994) is featured in "When My Work Is Over". http://www.folkstreams.net/film,95