A tie-in to the National Folk Festival being held this weekend (october 13 through the 15), Richmond Moving Image Co-op has organized a program celebrating Appalachian culture through independent film.

Thursday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Firehouse Theatre (1609 W. Broad Street). Admission is $5.

Featuring the films of APPALSHOP and director Herb E. Smith (The Ralph Stanley Story), Folk Film will screen the following 4 short films:

Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category (directors Scott Faulkner & Anthony Stone, b & w, 35 mins., 1975)
Quilting Women (director Elizabeth Barrett, color, 28 mins., 1976)
Unbroken Tradition: Jerry Brown Pottery (director Herb E. Smith, color,
28 mins., 1989) w/ director Herb E. Smith in person!
Minnie Black’s Gourd Band (director Anne Johnson, color, 28 mins., 1988)