John Cohen Movies

An egg-sorting woman shrugs off even the appearance of Christ. From Isaak Babel story.

John Cohen, founding member of the ‘50s folk troupe the New Lost City Ramblers, started making films in order to bring together the two...

Documentary about the most popular music of the Andes -- Huayno music -- and explores the lives of three Huayno musicians in a contemporary Peru torn...

Exploration of the way of life of the Q’eros Indians of Peru, who have lived in the Andes for more than 3,000 years.

This provocative and profound film documents the Choqela ceremony, an agricultural ritual and song of the Aymara Indians of Peru. By offering several...

John Cohen, founding member of the ‘50s folk troupe the New Lost City Ramblers, started making films in order to bring together the two...

Window in to the vision of Mark Frank's artistic work.

A rare filmed performance of the two titular members of the Carter Family.

“Doc & Merle” reaches deep into the relationship between Doc and Merle Watson. It gives an historical overview of their evolution as...

A colorful portrait of life in Putnam County, New York, with its "old-time fiddlers, farmers, commuters, and hippies," where an earlier, more...

This musical portrait of immigrant clarinetist Pericles Halkias and the Epirot-Greek community explores the aspirations and ambivalences of...

Scotland’s Gypsies have lived outside mainstream society for more than 500 years. Although some of the “Travelling People” still...

Explores the importance of music-making in the life of a pulp mill worker in rural Maine.

An expansive survey of American musical subcultures that steadfastly refuse to be blanded by mainstream consciousness.