Headwaters. Minnie Black's gourd band / director, editor, sound, Anne Lewis Johnson.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lewis, Anne, 1948- director, editor of moving image work.

Appalshop, Inc., publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gourds in art--Kentucky--Bernstadt.

Gourds in art.

Folk art--Kentucky--Bernstadt.

Folk art.

Musical groups--Kentucky.

Musical groups.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 minutes)

Other Title:

Minnie Black's gourd band

Place of Publication:

Whitesburg, KY : Appalshop Inc., 1988.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Minnie Black is 90 years old but she's still making music and art out of the gourds she grows in her backyard garden in East Bernstadt, Kentucky. In Minnie Black's Gourd Band, she talks about the secrets to growing good gourds, then takes the viewer on a tour of her Gourd Museum, giving out tips on how to make gourd art while highlighting her favorite creations such as a double-headed donkey and the mythical "griffen" beast. The camera follows Minnie to "the World's Largest Gourd Convention" in Mt. Gilead, Ohio where fellow artists hail her as "the queen of the gourd people." Interspersed throughout are some lively and unique versions of hymns and old favorites played by Minnie and her Senior Citizen Gourd Band.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 22, 2025).

OCLC:

1544909993