Folk Music Movies

A true Canadian iconoclast, acclaimed transgender country/electro-pop artist Rae Spoon revisits the stretches of rural Alberta that once constituted...

An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Girls. With never-before-seen archival and intimate...

A profile of the Hippest band of the 60's and 70's as they prepare for a reunion gig.

In a small Wisconsin lake town, a poverty-stricken felon contracts a novel prions disease after ingesting tainted venison. As his descent into...

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...

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

A musical portrait of the ethnic minorities of the Crimean peninsula, it explores the sonic diversity from this unique land.

A 16 minute short comprising 2 acts of a 1964 event where an innovative group of musicians performed on a real railroad track. The audience on one...

Tri Yann's 2001 concert at the Zenith Arena in Paris celebrating the group's 30th Anniversary.

In this interview, conducted for the Criterion Collection in 2014, Elijah Wald, who collaborated with folksinger Dave Van Ronk on his memoir, The...

How the Fiddle Flows follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading route of the early Europeans. The newcomers introduced the fiddle to...

A surreal journey into singer José González’s inner world of thoughts and shadows. Staged with dark humour in the picturesque...

A celebration of the musical career of Norwegian singer-songwriter Lillebjørn Nilsen, featuring archive footage from his career from the...

A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through cityscape and interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired...

This television special is a first for the reclusive singer with the BBC documentary gaining new interviews with Young, nine months apart in New York...

Documentary following English folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention as they celebrate their 45th anniversary in 2012. Fairport's iconic 1969 album...

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

The legend of Jack Hardy and the Songwriter's Exchange tell the story of Greenwhich Village folk Icon Jack Hardy, and the folk scene that he helped...

Songs: Everyday, That's Why I'm Here, Only One, Frozen Man, On the 4th of July, Whenever You're Ready, Raised Up Family, Mexico, Steamroller Blues,...

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