Folk Music Movies

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

A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.

A square rich boy wants to make it with a pretty folk singer, so he buys the coffee house where she and a bunch of other beatniks perform. Features...

Appalachian Journey is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). ...

In 1962, a group of legendary American blues musicians embarked on a series of tours to the United Kingdom. Footage from these classic concerts,...

Jesse Welles performs his album "Devil’s Den" with his live band in an Arkansas cabin, filmed seamlessly in one continuous shot

Zimbabwean musician, Biggie Tempo, talks to a number of UK folk musicians about their work and their views on traditional music.

A visual and auditory immersion into the world of verdiales, a blend of mystery, tradition, and the culture of Málaga. Layers of image and...

Tracing his career up to the point of his 1966 motorcycle accident and subsequent disappearance from the spotlight, this unauthorized documentary...

The Comedian Harmonists sing various German folk songs in a picturesque landscape.

Here is Vamp's big live concert at Rockefeller with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. This is a pure hit parade with one of Norway's most popular bands:...

Celebrating the finest in Irish folk music with a compilation of performances taken from the BBC archives. Highlights include songs from The Clancy...

A coven of witches gather in Vermont in a feminist collective’s transporting short that shakes off patriarchal scrutiny during the...

Few musicians have made an impact throughout the decades as seismic as Bob Dylan. Retrace his journey, from humble folk beginnings in Hibbing, to the...

A troubadour is expelled from the city when the queen sees his disfigured face. The palace guards smash his instrument as punishment, but the...

A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American...

Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular...

Interviews and rare archive footage weave together performances from a landmark multi-artist concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London,...

Joy Brown (Billie Dean) is a 40-something woman with little confidence, less self-esteem and a burning desire to realise her dream of being a...