"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/...,95

Tom Davenport created www.folkstreams.net with lots of help. Steve Knoblock did the php programming. Dan Patterson recommended core films for the site and we received grants from NEA, NEH, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. To submit films for Folkstreams, contact us at folks(at)crosslink.net. Çredit most of our Youtube previews to Zach Nicholls, a student at Highland School in Warrenton, VA and Willem Krumick, a drama student at Virginia Commonwealth University