Elderly Instruments Latest - Videos - American Documentaries http://elderly.com/list/newitems?catlist=976 en-us copyright 2009 Elderly Instruments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:00:55 -0500 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:00:55 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 720 webmaster@elderly.com In the summer of 2008, Horse Archer Productions began a documentary called "Why Old Time?" It explores the beauty and art of Old Time music and demonstrates why this particular type of roots music holds such power. Old Time music isn't just a sound. It's a lifestyle. It's living history. Filming took the production crew through three states, half a dozen festivals, and several front porches and kitchens. They found people from across the globe who embrace the past and the future in the same breath to capture the experience of Old Time music in the 21st Century. ($18.00) ]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/videos/items/724-DVD1.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/724-DVD1.htm Film that tells the story of the battle between working miners and activists who battle the coal companies in Appalachia. Special presentation on the cable channel "Planet Green." Packaged in eco-friendly gatefold wallet. Note: This is not a music performance DVD. 85 min. ($20.70) ]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/videos/items/ES-DVD1245.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/ES-DVD1245.htm DVD/CD/booklet set. Newsreel film, documentaries, and eyewitness accounts providing perspective of the economic unrest experienced by the everyday American during the time. Features vignettes of a soup kitchen in Manhattan, striking workers in North Carolina, Zuni Indians in New Mexico offering advice on how the white man should deal with the Depression, more. Also includes government-made films and documentary accounts of poverty of the time, and the courage and inventiveness of workers who overcame these difficulties. 23-track CD includes news reports, comical satire, music from artists of the day such as Bessie Smith, Woody Guthrie, Roy Acuff, Eddie Cantor, others. 32-page booklet presents letters and written accounts of the struggles, as well as photographs from the period. DVD is b&w, 2 hrs. ($29.70) ]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/SHAN-DVD6804.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/SHAN-DVD6804.htm The PBS story of the Civil Rights Movement told through the singers & songwriters who fought for change through their music. Blends historic footage, new interviews, rare photos and video of some of the greatest songs, Civil Rights anthems & soul music ever written: "Respect," "Change Is Gonna Come," "People Get Ready," "Fight The Power," and "What's Going On." Narrated by Louis Gossett Jr. Interviews with Gladys Knight, Isaac Hayes, Chuck D., Andrew Young, Quincy Jones, Pete Seeger, more. Companion to the 3-CD box set by Time Life. 90 min. + 12 min. bonus. ($20.75) ]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/TLM-DVD24189.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/TLM-DVD24189.htm