A Grand Generation

From Academy Award winners Paul Wagner and Marjorie Hunt and folklorist Steve Zeitlin comes this warm portrait of six elderly Americans whose vigor belies their age. Three are folk artists, one a baker, one a political activist, and one a bayman on the Chesapeake. Though they remember the past, they still relish the present and life it fully.

Rosina Tucker, a 102-year-old African American, was a union organizer and civil rights activist. Rosina is still engaged in these causes and her face lights up as she recites the poetry that inspired her. Alex Kellam knows how to navigate in fifty-mile gales and knows where to find the best crabs. He considers himself as professional as any doctor or lawyer, only his education came from the sea. Moishe Sacks recalls his pleasure as a baker with his hands an extension of the dough he kneaded.

Ballad singer Nimrod Workman, albedos singer Cleofes Vigil and embroiderer Ethel Mohamed demonstrate their artistry and trace its role in their lives. Throughout the film old photographs and folk music round out the portraits. Their lives of struggle, accomplishment and earned wisdom can teach and inspire all Americans.

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[ditalydo]

I LOVED THIS JUST HAPPENED ON IT SO GLAD I DID SUBBED GREAT VIDEO LOOOOOOOVED IT! DEANNA

[cluelocker]

what an excellent video! Powerful personal message.

[jamieclark420]

Well godamn its like a Workman family reunion on here. Im not related but you guys should be proud to have a grandfather that was such a character.

[mojochessclassics]

Ive never seen a more well looking 102 year old!

[RosePeddals]

Nimrod Workman was & is a hero in my eyes. I love you grandpa. You were one of a kind!

[RosePeddals]

Thanks for This video of papa Workman. A man wiser than the years he lived. A great story teller of true historical events. I remember listening to the stories on papa's front porch & listening to him sing the songs that told of the hardships of the coal-miners in the day when he mined with a pick & shovel for 50 cents a day.

[jduey757]

I work with Nimrod Workman who claims to be Nimrod Workmans great grandson. He was born in Kentucky in 1974.

[KatNip2007]

Yes..I remember Billy G. He was one of my moms'[Dorothy]..brothers! I miss papaw Nimrod. He contributed alot to our heritage and left us with a wonderful legacy! So, Id say that makes us 1st cousins, also marcell & morgan..but of course its been along time since I counted all of his decendents! Have a good day! God bless.........Sharon

[cworkman39]

To all of Nimrod Workman's family. I'm his grand daughter & I want to get to know my Daddy's side of the family that I haven't gotten to know yet. I'm Billy G. Workman's 3rd

daughter & want to get to know my family so please respond to this. Thanks, Charlotte Workman

[cworkman39]

Thank you so much for providing this for us! Nimrod Workman is my late paw~paw Workman & he is truly one of the greatest men in my life!! WE MISS & LOVE YOU PAW~PAW!!!!