Dynamite 4 / Dynamite Halloween Show
A comedy sketch show made by teenagers for Broadside TV.
Camera operators learn to use video cameras while an offscreen instructor offers guidance.
A discussion of the preservation of cultural history from the John Fox, Jr., Festival in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
A series of performances at the Renfro Valley Bluegrass Festival in Kentucky.
00:10 Onscreen text and logo for Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, KY, 41844. No sound. 00:39 An elderly man sitting in a rocking chair on his porch, reads the last will and testament of his great grandfather, John Sellars, who died in 1838. 02:58 Over a bluegrass fiddle soundtrack, images of a Kentucky valley. 03:30 Title Card: “Mountain Ways.” Additional onscreen text: “Historical Artifacts: Southwest Virginia Museum and Natural Tunnel State Park.” 03:48 Images of a forest, with a creek […]
Interviews with musicians from bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley’s band, preceded by lengthy footage of their motorhome driving through rural highways.
A performance of songs from Appalachia including both original compositions and traditional folk songs.