Beyond the Maypole (1991)

항일전이 한창이던 1939년, 중국의 한 가난한 산골에 구전민요를 수집하기 위하여 팔로군 병사가 찾아든다. 그는 그곳에 머무르면서 한 소녀에게 공산당의 거점인 옌안(延安: 연안)에서는 여성이 평등한 대접을 받는다고 말한다. 병사가 떠나고 얼마 후 돈에 팔려 마을의 노인에게 시집을 간 소녀는 힘겨운 결혼생활을 견디다 못해 옌안으로 도망가기 위해 강을 건넌다.

The music speaks for itself in this performance documentary that highlights some of the biggest names within the country-folk scene in Texas and Tennessee during the last weeks of 1975 and the first weeks of 1976, eschewing narration and staged interviews.

전설 속 요정들과 함께 부르는 신비로운 노래! 마법에 걸린 동생을 구하는 오빠 벤과 강아지 쿠의 가슴 두근거리는 모험이 시작된다! 등대 앞 바다에서 살고 있는 소년 벤에게 아름다운 자장가를 불러주던 엄마가 여동생 시얼샤를 낳은 후 갑자기 사라진다. 몇 년이 지나도 말을 하지 못하는 시얼샤는 엄마가 남긴 나팔고둥을 우연히 불게 되고, 어딘가에 홀린 듯 바다로가 바다표범과 신비로운 모험을 하게 된다. 딸까지 잃고 싶지 않은 아빠는 남매를 도시의 할머니에게 보내지만, 벤과 시얼샤는 다시 고향 집으로 가기 위해 길을 나선다. 그러던 중 벤과 시얼샤, 강아지 쿠는 부엉이 마녀 마카의 함정에 빠지게 되고 위험에 처하는데... 과연 벤은 마법에 걸린 동생을 구하고 아빠 품으로 돌아갈 수 있을까?

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A square rich boy wants to make it with a pretty folk singer, so he buys the coffee house where she and a bunch of other beatniks perform. Features performances by The Goldebriars, The Free Wheelers, and a very young Joan Rivers doing a stand-up routine.

Sarah and Isolde share an interest in the traditional music and dance of the Balkans, but it turns out that shared interests don’t always unite them. Their trip, initially a fun bonding experience, takes a southward turn when Sarah becomes interested in handsome fellow camper Steph. A seemingly innocent romantic overture touches off an abrupt shift in the dynamic between the two girlfriends, steering a previously ecstatic camp outing down a psychological rabbit hole.

Most likely made for the large Neapolitan immigrant population in the States, Roberto Leone Roberti’s love poem to Naples more than captures the heartache of the countless émigrés who were forced by economic circumstances to leave their homeland.

The Serbian trash folk "Grand" production is attacked by aliens and a young hero folk singer named Boban Zdravkovic has to time travel with Sejo Kovac to defeat the aliens once and for all.

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On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the ancient Finno-Ugric peoples originated a singing tradition of mysterious power called the Regilaul. These songs are the roots of Estonia’s renowned singing culture. Based on the continuous repetition of eight-syllable verses, they produce a haunting sound able to connect the fleeting present with the eternal circle of life. Against the stunning setting of modern Estonia, this film explores how Regi songs still fire the imagination today, weaving together people and nature through song.

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