Keyword: americana

The Andy Griffith Show

8.4

1960

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Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andys Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andys time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.

Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

7.2

2023

TV

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In the 90s, TVs stunt-filled \American Gladiators\ thrilled fans. This docuseries explores the shows success and how it almost ended before it began.

Meet Me in St. Louis

7.9

1944

Movie

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Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

It's a Big Country

6

1951

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The story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit, from racial and religious tolerance to the dangers of self-centeredness and myopic reasoning. The parables represent a broad cross-section of the American experience: the elderly woman whose pride is injured when shes forgotten in the latest census; the novice minister more pleased with the sound of his own voice than with the needs of his congregation; the mother who confronts the illogic of racial intolerance when she meets the best friend of the son she lost to war; and the enigma that is Texas. Episode titles are: 1) Interruptions, Interruptions; 2) Census Taker; 3) Negro Story; 4) Rosika, the Rose; 5) Letter from Korea; 6) Lone Star; (7) Minister in Washington; 8) Four Eyes; a further episode, titled Load, directed by Anthony Mann, with Jean Hersholt (q.v.) and Ann Harding (q.v.), was filmed but deleted.

The American Sector

7

2020

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The American Sector is a film about panels of the Berlin Wall scattered across the United States. It captures how monuments to our countrys past resonate into the present.

Love Doll

7.7

2022

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A mechanic with terminal cancer has a bizarre secret --- hes had a life-long love-affair with a sex doll. Now his son, a D-list TV actor, must help him find the doll a new home and say goodbye.

Heartworn Highways

8

1976

Movie

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The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

7.2

2020

Movie

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A look at the final moments of a Las Vegas dive bar called The Roaring 20s.

May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers

8.6

2017

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An intimate documentary following acclaimed North Carolina band the Avett Brothers, as they create their 2016 hit album True Sadness.

Drive-In Movie Memories

7.3

2001

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A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Barry Corbin and many others... Drive-In Movie Memories is a film celebration of Americas greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile. What began as an auto parts owners business venture to make some easy money accidentally became a magical place where romance, fun and a sense of community flourished. This film chronicles the drive-ins birth and development, its phenomenal popularity with audiences of all ages, its tragic decline, and its inevitable comeback as a classic form of Americana.

Heartworn Highways Revisited

7.6

2015

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This year marks the 38th anniversary of the seminal music documentary, HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS, a film that explored and captured the nascent roots of the Outlaw Country movement in the mid-70s. HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS REVISTED will celebrate the authenticity and express the feelings of the legendary original, via a community of contemporary outlaws living and creating music in Nashville, Tennessee.

Rich Hall's Countrier Than You

7.6

2017

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Award-winning comedian Rich Hall takes a country music journey from Tennessee to Texas to look at the movements and artists that dont get as much notoriety but have helped shape the genre over the years. With the help of prominent performers and producers including Michael Martin Murphey, Robbie Fulks and Ray Benson, Rich explores the early origins of country music in Nashville and Austin. He visits the rustic studios where this much-loved sound was born and discovers how the genre has reinvented itself with influences from bluegrass, western swing and americana.