- Historic Archival Footage
 Ray Lum: Mule Trader - Unedited Footage from CSF fieldwork and Festivals
- CSF Documentaries
- CSF Slideshows
- Documentaries about the Center
Much of the fieldwork that was the genesis of the Center became material for what would later become highly crafted portraits of men and women whose music, religion and arts give
glimpses of rural and urban southern life and culture. These award
winning films include: Bottle Up and Go Black Delta Religion Family Folklore
Three Folk Artists Four Women Artists Home Movie Tennessee Culture
Greene Valley Grandparents
Mississippi Delta Blues | Gravel Springs Fife and Drum
Peck Clark: Basketmaker Ray Lum: Mule Trader Hush Hoggies Hush:
Tom Johnson's Praying Pigs Fannie Bell Chapman:
Gospel Singer All Day & All Night:
Memories from Beale Street Musicians If Beale Street Could Talk:
19 Projector Multimedia Show |
In addition to the completed programs there are interviews and
hours of footage retrieved from the "cutting room floor." The Center
holds a significant collection of footage on 1/2 and 3/4 inch video documenting
several years of producing our Memphis Music & Heritage Festival . While we were documenting the world around us, other media groups have documented us! Many of these pieces were short features, however, one of the more comprehensive and interesting was produced by Pathe Cinema's Bella Besson who made a film about the Center's quest to
document culture. "Du Cote de Memphis" was shown in prime time
television in France in the 1980s. Pre-dating us by several decades was the Rev. L. O. Taylor, minister, filmmaker and photographer who made over
15 hours of 16 MM films about the African American Community in the
Memphis/Delta region. This includes businesses, churches, colleges,
social events, and travels to National Baptist Conventions. Also included in the collection are Super 8 films of musicians and of Memphis, religious and family life and footage from small towns in the South.
One unique part of the Archives is a collection of 35 MM films produced by Chesterfield Cigarettes celebrating African America Life in America. The titles include: "The Negro in Sports, ...in Entertainment, ...in Science." These moving images provide a window into our past and a reflection of ourselves that is both ordinary and extraordinary.
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