Chatham County's Traditional Music Festival

September 12 - 14, 2024

Film Screenings

Thu Sep 12 7pm-10pm

Daybreak with Homer Briarhopper: A 1973 episode of WRAL’s country music variety show, featuring old-time fiddling and classic country entertainment.

Country Morning featuring Brothers in Bluegrass: A 1978 episode of WRAL’s country music variety show, featuring bluegrass picking and singing by Glen Dyer and his Brothers in Bluegrass.

Step It Up and Go: A 1989 documentary featuring Thomas Burt, Algia Mae Hinton, Joe and Odell Thomas, John Dee Holeman, and other blues and old-time musicians from our region.

The Life and Times of Joe Thompson: A 2004 tribute to Piedmont NC fiddler Joe Thompson.

The Old Time Sound-The 85th Star Fiddler’s Convention: Right down the road in Star, NC, the Star Fiddler’s Convention has been entertaining audiences in our region for almost 100 years. This short documentary features a brief cameo by a couple of Hoppin’ John regulars.

Blind Gary Davis: a 1964 portrait of Carolina blues master Reverend Gary Davis, filmed while he was living in Harlem.

Fri Sept 13, 7pm-10pm

A Singing Stream: This documentary highlights the importance of religious faith and music in the Landis family of Granville County, NC, and shows the impact of tenant farming, Jim Crow, the New Deal, civil rights, migration, and issues of land inheritance in this extended family.

Born for Hard Luck: A portrait of Arthur “Peg Leg Sam” Jackson, with brilliant harmonica songs, tales of hoboing, buck dances, and an authentic live medicine-show performance filmed at the Chatham County Fair in 1972.

Talking Feet: The first documentary to feature flatfoot, buck, hoedown, and rural tap dancing. Featuring 24 traditional dancers videotaped on location in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina, including Piedmont NC musicians Algia Mae Hinton, John Dee Holeman, and Fris Holloway.

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