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- DirectorMark MeattoStarsJerry DouglasChris EldridgeGreg GarrisonChris Thile is at a crossroads. His marriage has ended and his platinum-selling band, Nickel Creek, has gone on hiatus. But Thile, a prodigy who has defied expectations since he picked up the mandolin at age five, has a plan.
- DirectorTyson SmithStarsNeil KopplinSeneca RelichIna StraussThe French isn't your ordinary band. Their lead guitarist is an accountant obsessed with breath mints. The bassist talks to his leg and lives by the train tracks. The drummer works to smash the state. They have no fans, no fame, and no future, but try telling that to lead singer Christian. Monday Night Gig is a comedy for anyone who's followed their dreams, no matter where they lead. And for anyone who just pulled up their skirts... and played.
- DirectorNeal HutchesonStarsMary Jane QueenJ.R. QueenDorothy QueenDeep in the recesses of Southern Appalachia, 93 year-old Mary Jane Queen and her eight children carry on cultural and musical traditions that date back hundreds of years to England, Ireland and Scotland.
- DirectorJim BrownStarsLee HaysPete SeegerRonnie GilbertDocumentary about the blacklisted folk group, "The Weavers," and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.
- DirectorMichael Glover SmithStarsKevin ViolPaul PerroniSuzy BrackWhen Harvey Grossman, an indie rocker from Chicago, discovers authentic traditional folk and blues music, he is re-born as Winston Thomas, the self-styled 'greatest and most authentic folk singer of all time'. Winston plans a pilgrimage to Okemah, Oklahoma, birthplace of Woody Guthrie, but Bonnie, Winston's irate ex-girlfriend, and Harry, an IRS agent whom Winston believes is from HUAC, have other plans.
- DirectorChristopher GuestStarsChristopher GuestEugene LevyMichael McKeanMockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.
- DirectorBruno SeraphinHarrison ToppStarsSadie AdamsDom FlemonsForrest OliphantStaged across the mountains of Western North Carolina, and rich with Appalachian music and oral tradition, 'If I Had Wings to Fly' follows the ramblings of a young banjo player named Felix Eugene as he learns (often by accident) some things about loneliness, responsibility, and love. Ousted from his small town home, and with nothing to lose, Felix sets on down the road and finds his journey both challenged and enriched by the diverse people he meets along the way.