Folk Music Movies

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

On the 38th anniversary of the seminal music documentary, Heartworn Highways - a film that explored and captured the nascent roots of the Outlaw...

Connie Converse was a trailblazing singer-songwritter who bared her soul through thought-provoking music only to discover that 1950's America was...

This BBC Bristol documentary, Narrated by Bert Lloyd looks at the Gaelic music of the Outer Hebrides. It won the Silver Harp award. Directed by...

Blending intimate voice-over with the fractured memories of a 1970s folksinger, IN THE EVER follows Sam Ellis, a mechanic, whose songs written for...

The popular singer and folk musician Ingebjørg Bratland performs her music on the Frognerseteren Amfi in Oslo, August 11th 2023.

A folk music duo drifts apart.

Sarah and Isolde share an interest in the traditional music and dance of the Balkans, but it turns out that shared interests don’t always unite...

Indie folk heroes Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Tennessee’s Old Crow Medicine Show, and Britain’s acclaimed Mumford & Sons,...

Through concerts and interviews, folk-progressive group Harmonium takes Quebec culture to California. This documentary full of colour and sound,...

When aliens attack a turbo-folk festival in Stepojevac, Boban Zdravkovic, having narrowly escaped the massacre, sets out on a mission of revenge for...

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

GrammyAward-winning performer David Holt introduces viewers to modern masters of traditional music in the Southern mountains and remembers the greats...

For one historic evening, American music legends Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs joined forces as The Three Pickers, to film a concert for...

A troubadour is expelled from the city when the queen sees his disfigured face. The palace guards smash his instrument as punishment, but the...

Features Wagakki Band's concert held in January 2018 at Yokohama Arena. Features Yo Hitoto as guest.

A dedicated classical music tutor who keeps burning bridges with everyone in the name of art is unwilling to reconcile with his successful bouzouki...

An abandoned homestead, twelve songs and five days to cut an album. A journey into how the power of music transforms our life.