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Kentucky Folklife Program to Host Virtual Watch Parties Beginning October 8th

  • Date Posted:Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

Join the Kentucky Folklife Program for virtual Folkstreams Documentary Watch Parties! This fall, the Kentucky Folklife Program is streaming four independent documentaries about traditional culture in Kentucky and around the South. Visit facebook.com/KentuckyFolklifeProgram/live/ to tune in. Watch Parties will take place Thursdays at 6:00pm CT. 

Schedule: 

Oct. 8: Bill Monroe (1993), dir. Steve Gebhardt

Oct. 22: Talking Feet (1987), dir. Mike Seeger

Nov. 5: Burgoo (2008), dir. Stan Woodward

Nov. 19: Gee’s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America (2011), dir. Shelly Zegart

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