Folk Music Movies

  • 2014
    Song of the Sea

    Song of the Sea

    Song of the Sea

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    The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the...

    Song of the Sea
  • 1991
    Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

    7.3751991HD

    In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her...

    Only Yesterday
  • 2013
    Inside Llewyn Davis

    Inside Llewyn Davis

    Inside Llewyn Davis

    7.1932013HD

    In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

    Inside Llewyn Davis
  • 2018
    American Folk

    American Folk

    American Folk

    5.92018HD

    Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11. A story about the kindness of...

    American Folk
  • 1981
    American Pop

    American Pop

    American Pop

    6.91981HD

    The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing...

    American Pop
  • 2019
    Fisherman's Friends

    Fisherman's Friends

    Fisherman's Friends

    6.7162019HD

    Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life...

    Fisherman's Friends
  • 1976
    Bound for Glory

    Bound for Glory

    Bound for Glory

    6.8651976HD

    A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering...

    Bound for Glory
  • 1984
    Yellow Earth

    Yellow Earth

    Yellow Earth

    7.31984HD

    A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small...

    Yellow Earth
  • 1967
    Sing a Song of Sex

    Sing a Song of Sex

    Sing a Song of Sex

    5.51967HD

    Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking...

    Sing a Song of Sex
  • 2021
    Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

    Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

    Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

    5.82021HD

    Blues and folk singer Karen Dalton was a prominent figure in 1960s New York. Idolized by Bob Dylan and Nick Cave, Karen discarded the traditional...

    Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
  • 2006
    Neil Young: Heart of Gold

    Neil Young: Heart of Gold

    Neil Young: Heart of Gold

    7.42006HD

    In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville,...

    Neil Young: Heart of Gold
  • 1992
    Bob Roberts

    Bob Roberts

    Bob Roberts

    6.51992HD

    Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by...

    Bob Roberts
  • 2022
    NARC. Mini-Doc – Outside The Mainstream: The North East’s Alternative Scene

    NARC. Mini-Doc – Outside The Mainstream: The North East’s Alternative Scene

    NARC. Mini-Doc – Outside The Mainstream: The North East’s Alternative Scene

    02022HD

    The final episode in our Mini-Docs series comes from musician and writer Jake Anderson, who explores the niche music genres which find an increasing...

    NARC. Mini-Doc – Outside The Mainstream: The North East’s Alternative Scene
  • 2007
    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival

    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival

    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival

    8.22007HD

    An unvarnished chronicle of Bob Dylan's metamorphosis from folk to rock musician via appearances at the Newport Folk Festival between 1963 and 1965.

    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival
  • 1993
    Safe Journey

    Safe Journey

    Safe Journey

    7.5771993HD

    Latcho Drom is a vista of the music, culture, and journey of the Romani people—from their homeland of India, to Europe and Southwest Asia.

    Safe Journey
  • 1979
    Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija

    Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija

    Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija

    41979HD

    The phenomenon of tourism arrives to a remote village. A married couple sells their property to open a motel, which would be a starting point for...

    Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija
  • 2011
    It's The Same Story

    It's The Same Story

    It's The Same Story

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    Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine...

    It's The Same Story
  • 2015
    The Sfroos - Viaggio nella musica di Lombardia

    The Sfroos - Viaggio nella musica di Lombardia

    The Sfroos - Viaggio nella musica di Lombardia

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    The Sfroos - Viaggio nella musica di Lombardia
  • 2006
    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    02006HD

    Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." The music of the folk singer/songwriter has been recorded by...

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
  • 1973
    Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors

    Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors

    Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors

    3.81973HD

    Stompin' Tom performs live at the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen St. in Toronto.

    Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors