Folkstreams is a web site dedicated to preserving folklore documentaries, offering a free video on-demand service. Among the films on the site are the following that feature National Heritage Fellows.
Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin (1986) in Cajun Country and Dry Wood
Howard Armstrong (1990) in Louie Bluie
Dewey Balfa (1982) in Cajun Country, Cajun Visits, Homemade American Music, and Les Blues de Balfa
Sister Mildred Barker (1983) in The Shakers
Nicholas Benson (2007), son of John “Fud” Benson, the stone carver featured in Final Marks
Jerry Brown (1992) in Unbroken Tradition
Charles "Chuck" T. Campbell (2004) in Sacred Steel
John Cephas (1989) in Blues Houseparty
Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor (2010) in Texas Style and The Devil’s Box
Sidiki Conde (2007) in You Don’t Need Feet to Dance
Joseph Cormier (1984) in New England Fiddles and Masters of Traditional Music
Elizabeth Cotten (1985) in Homemade American Music
Hazel Dickens (2001) in Dreadful Memories
Michael Doucet (2005) in Cajun Country
Qi Shu Fang (2001) in Master Qi and the Monkey King
Conray Fontenot (1986) in Cajun Country, Cajun Visits, and Dry Wood
Johnny Gimble (1994) in Gimble’s Swing
Ray Hicks (1983) in Appalachian Journey
Stanley Hicks (1983) in Appalachian Journey and Talking Feet
John Dee Holeman (1988) in Appalachian Journey, Masters of Traditional Music, and Talking Feet
John Jackson (1986) in Blues Houseparty
Janie HUNTER (1984) in Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old
Tommy Jarrell (1982) in Appalachian Journey, Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old, and Homemade American Music
Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez (2012) in Chulas Fronteras
Riley “B.B.” King (1991 ) in Give My Poor Heart Ease
Lily May Ledford (1985) in Homemade American Music
Kevin Locke (1990) in Masters of Traditional Music
Valerio Longoria (1986) in Masters of Traditional Music
Miguel "Mike" Manteo (1983) in It's One Family — Knock On Wood, 16mm and video, produced and directed by Tony De Nonno, De Nonno Productions, Brooklyn, New York, 1982
Narciso Martinez (1983) in Chulas Fronteras
Wallace McRae (1990) in Cowboy Poets
John Henry Mealing (1996) in Gandy Dancers
Lydia Mendoza (1982) in Chulas Fronteras
Bill Monroe (1982) in Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Alex Moore (1987) in Black on White, White and Black
Bua Xou Mua (1985) in Masters of Traditional Music and The Hmong: Cultural Preservation Through Music
Frank Newsome (2011) in Gone Away with a Friend, video, courtesy Virginia Folklife Program
Glenn Ohrlin (1985) in Why The Cowboy Sings
Jack Owens (1993), in Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old and The Land Where the Blues Began
Irvan Perez (1991) in Mosquitoes and High Water
Adam Popovich (1982) in The Popovich Brothers of South Chicago
Almeda Riddle (1983) in Almeda Riddle: Now Let’s Talk about Singing
Mike Seeger (2009) in Homemade American Music and Talking Feet(director)
Alex Stewart (1983) in Alex Stewart: Cooper
Saunders “Sonny” Terry (1982) in Sonny Terry: Shoutin’ the Blues and Sonny Terry: Whoopin’ the Blues
Joe Thompson (2007) in Alan Lomax’s Appalachian Journey
Nikitas Tsimouris (1991) in Every Island has its Own Songs: The Tsimouris Family of Tarpon Springs
Othar Turner (1992) in Gravel Springs Fife and Drum, Made in Mississippi: Black Folk Art and Crafts, and The Land Where the Blues Began
Cleofes Vigil (1984) in The Grand Generation
Nimrod Workman (1986) in The Grand Generation
Cornelius Wright, Jr. (1996) in Gandy Dancers
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