Alan Lomax, Mike Dibb and Mark Kidel – Appalachian Journey (1991)
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). It offers songs, dances, stories, and religious rituals of the Southern Appalachians. Preachers, singers, fiddlers, banjo pickers, moonshiners, cloggers, and square dancers recount the good times and the hard times of rural life there. Performers include Tommy Jarrell, Janette Carter, Ray and Stanley Hicks, Frank Proffitt Jr., Sheila Kay Adams, Nimrod Workman and Phyllis Boyens, Raymond Fairchild, and others, with a bonus of a few African-Americans from the North Carolina Piedmont. Narrated by Alan Lomax.
This version produced by Mike Dibb from Alan Lomax’s original recordings.
Appalachian Journey (Alan Lomax, Mike Dibb & Mark Kidel 1990).mkv General Container: Matroska Runtime: 56 min 25 s Size: 323 MiB Video Codec: x264 Resolution: 608x480 ~> 640x480 Aspect ratio: 4:3 Frame rate: 29.970 fps Bit rate: 670 kb/s BPP: 0.077 Audio #1: English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 128 kb/s
Language(s):English
Subtitles:English
