Film, Video The High Lonesome Sound' Revisited: Documenting Traditional Culture in America
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Title
- The High Lonesome Sound' Revisited: Documenting Traditional Culture in America
Summary
- In the early 1960s, the multitalented musician, filmmaker, and photographer John Cohen journeyed to eastern Kentucky to document the songs of church-goers, miners, and farmers, and the rural community that produced and sustained their uniquely American sound. The result was "The High Lonesome Sound," a classic 1963 documentary film than evocatively illustrates how music and religion help Appalachian people maintain their dignity and traditions in the face of change and hardship. Featuring master traditional musician Roscoe Holcomb, Cohen's film also documented how different musical strands are synthesized in the playing of an individual performer. In this presentation, Cohen discussed the making of his influential documentary, its initial reception, and its continued impact in the shaping of documentary filmmaking and ethnographic research on traditional culture both in the United States and abroad.
Names
- Library of Congress
- American Folklife Center, sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-06-11.
Headings
- - Biography, History
- - Culture, Performing Arts
- - Culture, Folklife
- - Performing Arts, Music
Notes
- - Classification: History: America.
- - Classification: Music and Books on Music.
- - John Cohen.
- - Recorded on 2009-06-11.
- - Kids, Families.
- - Researchers.
Medium
- 1 online resource
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021688262
Online Format
- video
- image