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Oaksie / production staff, Rose Carden [and twelve others].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caudill, Oaksie.
- Basket makers--Kentucky--Biography.
- Basket makers.
- Fiddlers--Kentucky--Biography.
- Fiddlers.
- Folk music--Kentucky.
- Folk music.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Whitesburg, KY : Appalshop Inc., 1979.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Oaksie is a portrait of Eastern Kentucky basketmaker, fiddler, and harp player Oaksie Caudill. The film follows Caudill through the steps of making a basket, from selecting the "right" tree to splitting and pressing down the white oak, whittling the rib to the final act of weaving the oak strips together. Throughout the film, Caudill's basket-making is interspersed with his fiddle and harp playing, a primitive style evolved from early Baptist church music in which each low action of the bow hits one note -- the lead note or melody of the song -- as when a human voice sings. Caudill captures the feel and spirit of a man who has spent his lifetime surrounded by beauty, as well as the traditional folk arts still common today in Appalachia.
- Participant:
- Oaksie Caudill.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 22, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1544908785
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