Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend
This award-winning film airs nationally on PBS. It documents the lives of a group of African-American women from Alabama's Black Belt region, who see their lives radically changed as their artwork is suddenly recognized
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An elderly couple and their experience with dementia; one living with the condition and the other witnessing its effects and learning how to accept it.
Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker
Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker (1920--2001), captures both the folk art of quiltmaking and the personality of an individual folk artist. Located in the coast range of Oregon, the Ware home sits by the side of a well-traveled
Quilting Women
Quilting Women traces the process of traditional Appalachian quilting, from cutting out and piecing together the patterns to the quilting bee. Quilters comment on the origins of the generations-old patterns, the time and
Quilted Masks
"I do what I do as an artist to bring beauty to the world. These masks are my contribution to and acknowledgment of my place as a useful and productive member of our human society."
The Art of Quilting
From PBS comes this intriguing look at quilting, once a necessity and a convention for storytelling that has evolved into a genuine art form. Crisscrossing America to visit the finest exhibits, the filmmakers chronicle t
Amish & Mennonite Quilts Across America
This eye-opening documentary explores the colorful and surprisingly creative craft of quilt making as practiced in traditional Amish and Mennonite communities across America. Travel to a quilt museum in Pennsylvania, obs
Pink & Quilted
What could possibly happen to two girls in a graveyard late at night?
A Century of Quilts: America in Cloth
In 1999, four quilting organizations formed a team to select and assemble the 100 best quilts of the 20th century. The diverse stories behind many of the winning quilts are interwoven in this beautiful PBS documentary. T
The Fabric of Christmas
Liam, a fireman, and Amy, a quilting teacher, team up to make a Christmas quilt for Liam’s sister’s wedding, but their burgeoning romance is threatened by Liam’s intention to travel to South America after the wedding. As
Hearts & Hands
The film chronicles the lives of ordinary women as well as individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Keckley, Frances Willard, and Abigail Scott Duniway through the great 19th century events: industrialization, aboli