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Linefork / Sensory Ethnography Lab ; recorded by Jeff Silva and Vic Rawlings.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Sensory Ethnography Lab (Series)
- Sensory Ethnography Lab
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sexton, Lee.
- Sexton, Opal.
- Banjoists--Kentucky.
- Banjoists.
- Older people--Kentucky.
- Older people.
- Farmers--Kentucky.
- Farmers.
- Kentucky.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (96 minutes) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Cinema Guild, 2016.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- From the Sensory Ethnography Lab, Linefork is an immersive, meditative documentary that explores the daily rituals of Lee Sexton, a revered banjo legend, and his charming wife Opal. Lee is a living link to the deep past of American music - in 1959 he recorded for the landmark Smithsonian Folkways release Mountain Music of Kentucky. A retired coal miner now hampered by age and declining health, Lee continues to teach his distinctive two-finger banjo style to a new generation eager to preserve a vanishing cultural tradition. He and Opal farm the land where he has lived for the last 88 years as together they face the uncertainities of aging in place. An ethnomusicology of American folk music and a portrait of the human condition, Linefork documents the raw yet delicate music of a singular musician, linked to the past yet immediately present.
- Participant:
- Featuring: Lee Sexton, Opal Sexton ; musicians: John Haywood, Scotty Allen Williams, Brett Ratliff, Nathan Polly, Rich Kirby, Jack Adams, Jordan Jenkins.
- Credits:
- Camera and editing, Jeff Daniel Silva, Vic Rawlings ; sound design and mix: Ernst Karel.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on July 13, 2023).
- Recorded 2012 to 2015, Linefork, Kentucky.
- "TRT: 96:12"--Disc label
- ISBN:
- 0781515572
- 9780781515573
- OCLC:
- 1008742093
- Publisher Number:
- 2555 Cinema Guild
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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