Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Media

Period of Performance

4/1/1984 - 2/28/1985

Funding Totals

$150,278.00 (approved)
$150,278.00 (awarded)


Black Contributions to American Country Music (Production: TV Documentary)

FAIN: GN-21941-84

Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, CA 94103-2637)
Terry E. Zwigoff (Project Director: July 1983 to October 1990)

To support production of a 58-minute documentary film chronicling the little-known contributions of blacks to American country music and focusing on the life and music of 75-year-old Howard Armstrong, leader of the only black string band still performing.