Mike Seeger

The Winding Stream

Beth Harrington

Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash

The story of the American music dynasty, the Carters and Cashes, and their decades-long influence on popular music.

Give Me the Banjo

Marc Fields

Béla Fleck, Dom Flemons

The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/multi-media performance, and a website that chronicle the journey of America’s quintessential instrument—the banjo—from its African roots to the 21st century. It’s a collaboration between Emmy-winning writer-producer Marc Fields and banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka (the Project’s Music Director), one of the most acclaimed acoustic musicians of his generation.

Hazel Dickens: It's Hard To Tell The Singer From The Song

Hazel Dickens, Billy Bragg

A biographical documentary about the life Hazel Dickens profiling a modern woman dealing with contemporary issues from a feminist perspective that is the product of her experiences being Appalachian, being displaced physically and culturally, being poor and working class, being a woman artist in a man’s world, and being a bearer of tradition.

Talking Feet

Mike Seeger

This documentary features 24 traditional dancers filmed on location in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina.

Old-Time Banjo Styles

Mike Seeger

Mike Seeger teaches traditional American banjo styles. 18 tunes are taught: Molly Dear, Snowdrop, French Waltz, Reuben's Train, Tom Dooley, John Brown's Dream, Backstep Cindy, Old Corn Likker, Marching Jaybird, Soldier's Joy, Needle Case, Baptist Shout and White House Blues