Folk Streams
Folkstreams was established to build a national preserve of hard-to-find documentary films about American folk and roots cultures. The films were produced by independent filmmakers in a golden age that began in the 1960s and was made possible by the development first of portable cameras and then capacity for synch sound. Their films focus on the culture, struggles, and arts of unnoticed Americans from many different regions and communities.
The filmmakers were driven more by sheer engagement with the people and their traditions than by commercial hopes. Their films focus on the culture, struggles, and arts of unnoticed Americans from many different regions and communities.
