| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; widescreen presentation. |
| Performer |
Arlonzia Pettway, Nettie Young, Bill Arnett, Peter Marzio, David Gordon, Alva Wardlaw, Mary Lee Bendolph, Annie Mae Young, Clinton Pettway Jr., Jane Fonda, Matt Arnett, Paul Arnett, Loretta Pettway, Nonie Gadsden, Mary McCarthy. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Dave Veatch ; editor, Holden Osborne ; original music, The Imagination Factory ; research, Robert Head. |
| Event |
Broadcast as a documentary in February 2005 on PBS. |
| Summary |
An all-black community founded by freed slaves after the Civil War, Gee's Bend is nestled into a curve in the Alabama River southwest of Selma. The women of Gee's Bend quilt, using any piece of material available--from feed sacks to old work clothes. Being one of the only creative outlets these women had, the women developed unique techniques and styles, comparable to the great artistic enclaves of the Italian Renaissance. In 1994, these quiltmakers were "discovered" an art historian. Now their humble quilts, made to keep families in drafty log cabins warm, hang in museums and sell for thousands of dollars. This is their story. |
| Funding |
Funding was provided by Alabama Power and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
African American quiltmakers.
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African American quiltmakers -- Interviews.
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African American quilts.
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African American folk art.
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African American decorative arts.
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Quilts -- Alabama -- Wilcox County.
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Quilting -- United States -- History.
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African American quiltmakers -- Alabama -- Wilcox County.
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African American women -- Alabama -- Wilcox County.
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African American quilts -- Alabama -- Wilcox County.
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African American decorative arts. (OCoLC)fst00799134
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African American folk art. (OCoLC)fst00799171
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African American quiltmakers. (OCoLC)fst00799329
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African American quilts. (OCoLC)fst00799330
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African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
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Quilting. (OCoLC)fst01085785
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Quilts. (OCoLC)fst01085804
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Alabama -- Wilcox County.
(OCoLC)fst01219884
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
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Nonfiction television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710270
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| Added Author |
Carey, Celia.
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Alabama Public Television.
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