Directed by: Dudley Cocke, Anne Lewis, and Susan Wehling
1985
Running Time: 29:00
Color
Tell Me A Story, Sing Me A Song showcases the work of three theater companies that performed together in the mid-1980s to celebrate cultural pluralism and bring theater from diverse cultural traditions to underserved audiences. Members of Junebug Productions, A Traveling Jewish Theatre, and Appalshop's Roadside Theater are seen in this program in performance excerpts, interviews, and playing to a group of Calhoun County, Alabama fifth and sixth graders. The program explores how different cultural groups within the United States can use the performing arts to maintain and promote their own cultural identity while also addressing the mainstream. The American Festival Project, documented in the program Open Windows, grew out of this "Three- Way Tour."
Reviews
"The warmth of the audience response jumps off the screen....It's infectious!...Fulfills the highest expectations for art: it instructs and delights at the same time." -Christopher Hudgins, Department of English, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
"Shows wonderfully well what a true 'people's' culture might look like." -Doug Paterson, Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Screenings & Festivals
Athens International Film and Video Festival
Kentucky Educational Television
Blue Ridge Public Television
WSWP/Beckley, WV
WSJK/Knoxville
