• Below is an overview of some of our most recent news.  Make sure you scroll down the front page to see trailers and clips from our films.

NEWS!

WHY OLD TIME? is completed and being prepared for replication some time around May 21 or 22, which means copies should be in the mail about June 21 or 22.

To the right is a look at the proposed cover.  If you want to see more, click here.  You can watch the trailer and order the DVD if you like.

NEWS!

BRAIDING MADE SIMPLE is also complete and headed toward replication about the same time.  We should have the master in hand the second week of May. 

This is the first of our instructional series for horse owners who want to raise the bar for themselves when they compete.  For more info, click here.

NEWS!

In May we will begin a new documentary:

THE MAN WHO INVENTED CAMO

All Jim Crumley wanted to do was hunt more effectively.

Unfortunately, the camo patterns available to him in the early 1970s were not concealing him from his quarry the way he wanted.  So the only solution Jim could come up with was to make his own camo.   (Read more here)

NEWS!

THE HENRY REED LEGACY is complete!  Until his death in 1968, Giles County, Virginia, fixture Henry Reed was quietly going about a life built around family, tradition and Old Time music. Henry was instrumental in the revival of interest in this musical form, becoming the subject of serious academic study by scholar, Dr. Alan Jabbour.  Today, his legacy inspires musicians from across the world and down the road, including Chris Via who created the Henry Reed Festival to celebrate Henry's contribution to American music.

Our film is a study of the impact one man can have merely by living his life honestly. Henry was a man who fed his family from his land, stood up to a giant corporation and had an open door to anyone who wanted to pick up a new song, night or day.

This is the official trailer for the feature length documentary WHY OLD TIME?,  a film that looks at Old Time mountain music--its tradition, its practice and its future.  Traveling through three states, half a dozen festivals, and several front porches and kitchens, we found people from across the globe who embrace the past and the future in the same breath to capture the experience of Old Time music in the 21st Century.

To learn more about this film or to order it, click here or go to the official website at www.whyoldtime.com.

Here is the trailer for "The Henry Reed Legacy," a documentary film that looks at the significance of Giles County, Virginia Old Time musician Henry Reed.  Reed practiced a style of fiddling very reminiscent of Old World styles and taught anyone who would listen, including Alan Jabour, who later became the founding director of the American Folklife Center.  Reed's music has also shaped the life of Chris Via, a fiddler who is preserving Reed's tradition in his playing and through the Henry Reed Festival. repitoire

To learn more about this film or to order it, click here or go www.whyoldtime.com/henryreed

HOKIE NATION was Horse Archer's first full length film and quickly became the best selling independent film in the state.  The documentary chronicles the Hokie fan lifestyle and the rise of the football program through the experience of the devotees who fill Lane Stadium and make it the most exhilarating and intimidating place to play football in the country.

This is a teaser from the rough cut of "VIRGINIA CREEPERS"  featuring Richmond's infamous Bowman Body (a.k.a. Bill Bowman).  Bowman's ukulele was a fixture on the show.

For more on this film, go to www.virginiacreepersmovie.com or click here.

Another teaser from the rough cut of "VIRGINIA CREEPERS,"  this one featuring Jerry Sandford who played Ronald the Ghoul (and Bungles the Clown) on WVEC 13 in Hampton.  The story he recounts here is when his coffin went missing just hours before show time.

For more on this film, go to www.virginiacreepersmovie.com or click here.

Braiding Made Simple

BRAIDING MADE SIMPLE is also complete and headed toward replication about the same time.  We should have the master in hand the second week of May. 

This is the first of our instructional series for horse owners who want to raise the bar for themselves when they compete.  For more info, click here.