Summary: "Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the roots of the blues. This DVD features seven films made by Ferris between 1968 and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EARSmith, J. B.
Contents: Disc 1. No more good time in the world for me (13:24) -- Watching my timber (1:29) -- Drop 'em down together (5:18) -- I got too much time for the crime I done (9:46) -- They can't do that (toast) (1:18) -- I heard the reports of a pistol (7:45) -- Drinking that wine (1:29) -- Ever since I been a man full grown (23:12) -- Disc 2. Sure make a man feel bad (6:17) -- Tried by fire (4:29) -- Woman...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015