Product Details

• Format: Color, Original recording, VHS
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Studio: Alabama Public Television
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000WN43PS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,295 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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One-hour HD film documents the internationally-acclaimed African American quiltmakers from Gee's Bend, AL.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must-see for all true deep south old timers...., December 1, 2008

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C. L. Mayle (Morgantown, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Quiltmakers Of Gee's Bend (DVD)

I lived in Birmingham, AL for about 13 years. I've always been a big fan of public television and happened to catch The Quiltmakers of Gees Bend one evening. The next day, I was ready to jump in my car and go find this place and meet some of it's people. I wanted to know more about these women, their lives, what drives them on. These quilts made out of neccessity, yet, each one has a story. Rich in family history, unique craftmanship and artistry rarely seen in this day and age when squares can be bought by the bag and you can let your Singer do the sewing. Watching these women and their individual reactions to the public interest in their quilts, their journey to the show and the show itself, is heartwarming, to say the least. Some were hesitant, some were curious and a few weren't interested at all in the attention they were getting from these quilts. To those few, it was just another day in an ordinary, simple existance. Southern history is deep, full of passion and rich in tradition. The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend is deep, full of passion and rich in tradition. It is, in essence, southern history at it's finest.