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The Queen Family: Appalachian Tradition & Back Porch Music

26 minutes, 40 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (Change)

This documentary is a special on traditional music kept alive in the home and community of the Queen family in North Carolina. Ballad-keeper Mary Jane Queen and her family carry on the traditions and traditional music of Southern Appalachia. In 2007, Mary Jane Queen received the National Endowment of the Arts National Heritage Lifetime Honor.

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Runtime: 26 minutes, 40 seconds

Topic: Arts, Geography, Home and Family, Social Science
Subtopic: Culture and Society, Family Life, Music, U.S. Geography
Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
Release Year: 2020
Producer/Distributor: The Language & Life Project at NC State University
Voicer: Kelly Brennan
Writer: Christine Lowe
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Group of people stand in a cluster with cars in background. Caption. Living inside and outside of mainstream American society.

Native American person with face paint wears animal feathered headdress. Caption. But the history of American Indians in this land.

Man looks at camera and parts lips mid-speech. Backdrop displays black and white illustration of shirtless man falling forward with hair swept up behind him. Caption. One on the eastern seaboard near present-day Boston.

Black and white photo of the midsection of a woman with long, dark hair. Caption. Sarah was also the first American Indian.

Color illustration of a hunter with long, dark hair aiming a spear at two deer by a lake. Caption. Hurled with a unique and powerful tool.

Aerial view of sprawling red rock formations. Caption. Resting between the Rocky Mountains on the east.

Man looks down at camera and parts lips in mid-speech. Backdrop displays painting of a militia bearing an American flag and facing off against Native Americans in battle.

Mottled black and white photo of 3 Native Americans with white tipis in background.