Alan Lomax
John M. Bishop, Alan Lomax, Worth W. Long
1979, 3/4 tape - 58 minutes, Color
In the late 1970s Alan Lomax traveled to Mississippi with filmmaker John Bishop and folklorist Worth Long and made this film about the African American music he found there.
Featuring: Othar Turner, Napoleon Strickland, Lonnie Pitchford, Clyde Maxwell, Lucius Smith, Bud Spires, Jack Owens, Beatrice Maxwell, Walter Brown, Eugene "Sonny Boy Nelson" Powell, Sam Chatmon, Wilbert Puckett, J.T. Tucker, George Johnson, Joe Savage, William Hart, Bill Gordon, Belton Sutherland, Caeser Smith, James Hall, Johnny Brooks
Copyright: 1979 Alan Lomax
Produced by: The Mississippi Authority for Eduational Television & Alan Lomax
Cinematography: John M. Bishop. Additional photography Ludwig Goon.
Editing: John M. Bishop. Videotape editor Ike Touchstone
Sound: Steve Darsey, Kenneth Gates, Jacqueline Mack, Paul Burt
Acknowledgements: Written and directed by Alan Lomax. Researched and developed by Worth Long. Project coordinator Paula Tadlock. Script consultant Jeanne Luckett. Field recording unit Eddie Bunkley, Gil Cook, Herb Jolly, Clifford Tobias. Technical directors Wendell Breland, Bob Garner. Switchers Mike Jackson, Jim Robinson. Video Bob Bracey, Don Clark. VTR operators Lee Harrison, Fred Wilkinson. Mississippi Educational Television acknowledges the assistance of: Greenville Levee Board, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Illinois Central Railroad Vicksburg Office, St. James Baptist Church, Rev. E.H. Hart, Old Courthouse Museum, Documentary Educational Resources, G.D. Young, Othar Turner and the Gravel Springs Fife and Drum Band, Mira's Cafe, William Alexander Percy Memorial Library. Choreometrics Project Columbia University. Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Division. "Shake it in the Bed" composed by Sam Chatmon.
Funding: Mississippi Authority for Educational Television
Awards: Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival.
Alan Lomax
1990, 3/4 tape - 58 minutes, Color
Alan Lomax's overview of the Jazz scene in New Orleans with interviews and performances by Majestic Band, the Preservation Hall Band (Willie Humphrey, James "Sing" Miller, Emmanuel Sayles, Alonzo Stewart, Kid Thomas Valentine and Chester Zardis) and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Greg Davis, Charles Joseph, Kirk Joseph, Roger Lewis, Jenell Marshall and Ephrem Townes) at the Glass House and participating in a funeral parade.
Featuring: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Willie Humphrey, James "Sing" Miller, Emanuel Sayles, Alonzo Stewart, Kid Thomas Valentine, Chester Zardis, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Gregory Davis, Kirk Joseph, Charles Joseph, Roger Lewis, Jenell Marshall, Efrem Towns, Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club
Copyright: 1990, Association for Cultural Equity
Produced by: Alan Lomax
Cinematography: Jim Brown
Editing: Alison Ellwood assisted by Mark Tobin
Sound: Kenny Delbert, Gary Olsen
Acknowledgements: American Patchwork Series developed by the Association for Cultural Equity at Columbia University and Hunter College. Associate Producer, Jaime Barrios. Additional Camera by Toby Armstrong, Bruce Conque, and Larry Davis. Consultants: Bill Russell, Allan Jaffe, Michael P. Smith, Andrew Kaslow, Al Rose, Kurt Jerde, Forrestine Paulay
Alan Lomax
1991, 3/4 tape - 58 minutes, Color
Alan Lomax travels through the Southern Appalachians investigating the songs, dances, and religious rituals of the descendents of the Scotch-Irish frontiers people who have made the mountains their home for centuries.
Featuring: Tommy Jarrell, Ray Hicks, Stanley Hicks, Bob Eller, Laurence Eller, Joe and Odell Thompson, Frank Proffitt Jr., Raymond Fairchild, Sheila Kay Adams, Dellie Norton, John Dee Holeman, Algia Mae Hinton, Harvey Watson
Copyright: 1991, Association for Cultural Equity
Produced by: Mike Dibb, Penny Forster
Cinematography: Jim Brown, Nicholas Echeverria
Editing: Mark Tobin, Howard Sharp with Jenny Campbell
Sound: Jack Gordeon, Robert Zieniewicz
Acknowledgements: Channel Four production directed by Mike Dibb and Mark Kidel. Executive Editor Alan Lomax. The American Patchwork Series was developed by the Association for Cultural Equity at Columbia University and Hunter College.
Alan Lomax
1991, 3/4 tape - 56 minutes, Color
Alan Lomax's wonderful documentary about the bayous of Louisiana which have combined French, German, West Indian, native American and hillbilly ingredients into a unique cultural gumbo.
Featuring: Dennis McGee, Canray Fontenot, Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, Michael Doucet, Deo Langley, Wade Fruge, Michael Reed, Barry Ancelet, Dewey Balfa, Dorestine Fontenot, Clinvin Jones, Hubert Reed, Gerard Sellars, Adolis Montoucet, Hackberry Ramblers, Lula Landry, Amadie Ardoin, Iry LeJeune, Walter Mouton, Felix Richard, Phoebe Trotter, Revon Reed, Laurence Billiott, Sady Courville, John Delafosse, Amanda LaFleur, Percy Dardar, Joe Billiott
Copyright: 1991, Association for Cultural Equity
Produced by: Alan Lomax
Cinematography: Nicholas Echeverria, Bruce Conque
Editing: Nick Doob
Sound: Robert Zieniewicz
Acknowledgements: Special thanks to: The Mamou Mardi Gras, The Kinder Mardi Gras, Fred's Lounge, Mulatt's, The Acadian Village, Marc Savoy, Fred Tate, Jasper Manuel. Secretary: Tamara Bonillla. Production Coordinators: Matthew Barton, Andrew Kaye, Christine Krause. Production Assistants: Noel McClanahan. Project Accountant: Dean Drummond. Series Producer: Elisabeth Fink Benjamin. Research Consultant: Barry Ancelet. Studio Camera: Nick Doob. Associate Producer: Jaime Barrios. Consulting Producer: G. Haines Styles. Additional Camera: Toby Armstrong, Michael Doucet, John Bishop. Online Editor: Alan Miller, Susan Eldridge. Sound Mix: Stefan Bruck. Assistant Editor: Anna Pivarnik. Animation Camera: Mark Spada. Post-production Facilities: Rebo Studio, NVI, Kopel Films. Engravings: Fred Sonnier. Photographic Research: Ann Savoy. Graphics: Carol Kulig. Consultants: Carl Brasseaux, Nicholas Spitzer, William Sturdevant, Glen Pitre, Michael Doucet, Dewey Blafa. Translations: Barry Ancelet.
Funding: The American Patchwork Series was developed by the Association for Cultural Equity at Columbia University and Hunter College.
Alan Lomax
1991, 3/4 tape - 58 minutes, Color
Alan Lomax's examination of the talents and wisdom of elderly musicians, singers, and story-tellers, who perform not for fame or fortune but to preserve and share their culture.
Featuring: Sam Chatmon, Janie Hunter, Chester Wootten, Tommy Jarrell, Nimrod Woodman, Jack Owens
Copyright: 1991, Association for Cultural Equity
Produced by: Mark Dibb, Penny Forster, Alan Lomax, Jaime Barrios
Cinematography: Jim Brown, John Bishop, Nicholas Echeverria
Editing: Mark Tobin with Howard Sharp, Jenny Campbell
Acknowledgements: Produced by Dibb Directions for Channel Four. Associate Producers Mark Kidel, Howard Sharp. Directed by Mark Dibb and Mark Kidel.