Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old

Examining the talents and wisdom of elderly musicians, singers, and story-tellers, who perform not for fame or fortune but to preserve and share their culture. Stories told by Janie Hunter (80) of Johns Island, SC; ballads sung by ex-coal miner and union organizer Nimrod Workman (91), of Chatteroy, WV; fiddle tunes and tales of moonshining and feuds from Tommy Jarrell (83) of Toast, NC; and footage from the Alabama Sacred Harp Convention in Fyffe, AL, in which people of all ages gather to sing old-time shape-note hymnody.

Directing

Mark Kidel · Director

Mike Dibb · Director

Production

Mike Dibb · Producer

Camera

Jim Brown · Director of Photography

Nicolás Echevarría · Director of Photography

Phil Gries · Director of Photography

Editing

Howard Sharp · Editor