NatashaJulia, Andrea, and Anne are Natasha, an all-female band in high school. Borrowing instruments from their school, writing their own songs, and distributing their music dubbed over cheap cassette tapes from thrift stores, this DIY band became a hit act in the town of Durham, North Carolina. While completing their junior and senior years, the gals in the band publicly negotiate feminism, sexuality, and what a "girl band" really means, eventually going on to open for nationally known punk band, the Butchies.
Jen Ashlock 2005 13 min USA
Founded in 1977, Frameline is the nation's only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the funding, exhibition, distribution and promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media arts. Frameline Voices is a new digital initiative that showcases diverse LGBT stories and expands access to films by and about people of color, transgender people, youth, and elders.
More information: http://www.frameline.org.
T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920sT’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness exposes the triply oppressed (black, female, queer) pioneers of blues through interviews with cultural historians, vintage photos, footage, and recordings, all narrated by Jewelle Gomez. With lavish costumes and sexually suggestive lyrics, bisexual and lesbian singers such as Ma Rainey (got arrested for indecency at an all-girl party—while married to a man) and Gladys Bentley (a “bulldagger” in full tuxedo) were regularly shunned by the church and society for their rough and tumble ways. Like Frameline Voices? Donate here: bit.ly/FramelineDonate<br />
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Founded in 1977, Frameline is the nation's only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the funding, exhibition, distribution and promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media arts. Frameline Voices is a new digital initiative that showcases diverse LGBT stories and expands access to films by and about people of color, transgender people, youth, and elders.<br />
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More information: http://frameline.org
New England Fiddles - PREVIEWPurchase: http://www.der.org/films/new-england-fiddles.html
New England Fiddles presents seven of the finest traditional musicians as they play in their homes and at dances and contests, passing their styles to younger fiddlers, and commenting on their music. Featured are Ron West (Yankee), Paddy Cronnin (Irish), Ben Guillemette(Quebecois), Wilfred Guillette (Quebecois), Harold Luce (Yankee), Gerry Robichaud (Maritime), and the Cape Breton style of Joe Cormier (National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts).
Morris Family Old Time Festival - PREVIEWPurchase: http://www.der.org/films/morris-family-festival.html
From 1969 to 1973 the Morris brothers held old time music festivals at their home in Ivydale, West Virginia. These "back porch" festivals were famous for their outstanding fiddle, banjo, and ballad music, as well as for their persistent rain and mud. John and Dave Morris consistently rounded up the finest performers of Appalachian mountain music. Despite adverse weather, the participants had a good time, danced, and made great music. This film captures the music and mood of the 1972 festival. It features about thirty musicians, many of whom have since died, including John Martin, Aunt Minnie Moss, and Uncle Homer Walker.
I Like Hearts Like Mine - PREVIEWPurchase: http://www.der.org/films/ilikeheartslikemine.html Rebetiko is a musical genre that developed out of the urban working class in Greece between the two World Wars. Markos Vamvakaris was the greatest composer of rebetika songs between 1932 and 1940. This film will help to introduce rebetiko, a relatively unknown musical form outside of Greece, to an international audience. It includes musical and dance performances of rebetika songs, archival footage, and interviews with the friends, relatives and colleagues of Markos Vamvakaris. This documentary not only creates a vivid portrait of a man, but also presents us with a social and historical framework of Greece during the first 70 years of the 20th century.
a film by George C. Zervas
distributed by Documentary Educational Resources
Authentic Folk (The Institute of Musical Traditions)A short documentary about the Institute of Musical Traditions, a folk music concert series in Takoma Park, Maryland. Featuring Dave Eisner, Bruce Hutton, Hutton Folkways, Michelle, Talia, and Eli Schelling. The documentary was produced by first-time filmmakers Natasha Dupont and Jaya Kanal as part of a Docs In Progress Intro to Documentary Production Class. February 2013.
Dale: a Stairway to a Musical HavenA short documentary about Dale Music, a music store in downtown Silver Spring, MD. This project was produced as part of the Docs In Progress Youth Summer Camp by Feevan Megersa, Dewey Smith, and Zach Werb.
4th Annual Toyota DIY Music Video Contest- Who's Next?This music video is Great Muta's entry into the 4th Annual Toyota DIY Music Video Contest, co-presented by SFIAAFF and Locus@KSW
Your vote will determine which video makes it into the film festival!
Vote for "Who's Next?" by Great Muta by liking this video on CAAM's Facebook page. - http://facebook.com/asianamericanmedia
The SF International Asian American Film Festival takes place March 10-20, 2011
More info - http://caamedia.org
David Byrne at The Exploratorium 1991The Preservation department, at bavc.org, has started cleaning and digitizing the Exploratorium's video collection. http://www.exploratorium.edu/
David Byrne is a Scottish-American musician and artist. He is perhaps best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1974 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo projects on record, and worked in a variety of media, including film, photography, opera, and Internet-based projects.
http://www.bavc.org/preservation
From Wood to Singing GuitarFrom Wood to Singing Guitar is an Appalshop documentary film showcasing Wayne C. Henderson, the master musician and master luthier from the small town of Rugby, Virginia near the foot of Mount Rogers (the highest point in Virginia). A skilled craftsman & respected musician by his teens, Wayne was taught and encouraged by those around him including the folk hero E.C. Ball and the kind & generous fiddle maker, Albert Hash. Learning much more than just guitar building and playing, Wayne continues to do the same for the younger generations by sharing the craft with others like Gerald Anderson, who is passing it onto Spencer Strickland, and encourages any young musician to play with him and his friends such as Doc Watson, Steve Kilby, Herb Key, Jeff Little, Sammy Shelor, Roni Stoneman, Robin Kessinger, The Kruger Brothers, and the list goes on.
Towards the end of August 2008, with nearly everything shot, this 6 minute video is a short trailer edited for an Appalshop documentary film about Wayne Henderson. The working title is From Wood to Singing Guitar. Visit www.appalshop.org/henderson for more information.
Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley1970's clip from Mountain Community Television in Norton, VA. Preserved by Appalshop Archive from 1/2" open reel video.
You can help us save and exhibit more archival media from Appalachia by going here and designating a contribution for "Appalshop Archive": https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1438106
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Wade Mainer (1907 - 2011)Appalshop mourns the loss of bluegrass pioneer Wade Mainer, who passed away on September 12, 2011 at the age of 104. In 1989 Wade appeared with his wife Julia at Appalshop's Seedtime on the Cumberland festival. To commemorate his life and music, the Appalshop Archive presents select performance and interview clips that were taped during Wade and Julia's 1989 visit to Whitesburg, Kentucky.
A native of North Carolina, Wade Mainer altered the course of modern bluegrass music when, in the 1930's, he introduced a distinctive two-finger banjo picking style that contrasted with the traditional downward-moving clawhammer stroke. This change in playing style brought the banjo to the forefront of the mountain music band, where it had traditionally been a background rhythm instrument. It also gave a modern flavor to traditional tunes. Mainer is credited with laying the foundation for modern bluegrass, influencing legends such as Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson. In his later years, Mainer was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts' distinguished National Heritage Fellowship Award, which recognizes mastery in folk and traditional arts.
Media Archeology: Liquid Light to the LaptopLiquid Light to the Laptop, the Evolution of Live Visuals pays tribute to the multimedia spectacle of the psychedelic light show as an art form that revolutionized rock concerts, influenced corporate events and advertising, and paved the way for the VJs of today.
The Beatsie Boys Live At The Kitchen In NYC 1983The Kitchen is a non-profit art space in New York City originally founded in 1971 in Greenwich Village. It takes its name from its original location in the kitchen of the Mercer Arts Center. It was initially intended as a space
for the exhibition of video art, the Kitchen soon expanded to include other forms of art including performance, exhibition, music and dance. Notable Kitchen alumni include Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Rocco Di Pietro, John
Moran, Peter Greenaway, Ridge Theater, The Future Sound of London, Leisure Class, Brian Eno, and Cindy Sherman and many more. In this clip we get an inside look at The Beastie Boys shortly after going through puberty and well
before they had any discernible talent.
