Howard Finster, the grandfather of the Southern Folk Art movement was a pioneer that showed the world that Art can thrive outside of museums and galleries in ordinary places and in everyday objects. He took what others might deem trash or obsolete and turned it into something contemplative. He opened Paradise Garden for the world to enjoy, a true testament that Art comes to life, when people are able to interact with it. Howard Finster showed the world that objects surrounding us can take on a new life, in a sometimes-magical way, and communicate messages that can lead to transformation.

Chewing gum sculptures, a wealthy gallerist, a notorious murder case, and the segregated south - it's all part of Nellie Mae Rowe's boundless universe. This World Is Not My Own reimagines this self-taught artist's world and her life spanning the 20th century.

A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the livelihood. An experiential film on neocolonial Philippines’ interpretation of Saints and Gods through many forms of rituals and iconographies, exposing wood as raw material that undergoes production processes before becoming a spiritual object of devotion. - A sculpture believed to have been imported in town during Spanish colonial conquest, locally known as Mahal na Señor Sepulcro, is celebrating its 500 years. Meanwhile, composed of non-actors, Senakulo re-enacts the sufferings and death of Jesus. As the local community yearly unites to commemorate the Passion of Christ, a laborious journey unfolds following local craftsmen in transforming blocks of wood into a larger than life Jesus crucified on a 12-ft cross.

Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine called a Kaavad. The film is a collaborative work between traditional Kaavad storytellers and Kaavad artists from Rajasthan, together with the filmmaker. Combining lush animation with live-action, the film is an interpretation of two stories which are forever fused in the act of telling and retelling.

Filmed 2 years before his death, this documentary portrays New Brunswick folk artist Joseph Sleep (1913-1978) in his later life. He was born at sea and worked with and around boats, fish, carnivals, and animals most of his life. While convalescing during an extended period in the Halifax infirmary in 1973, he was encouraged to paint. What began is therapy and a pastime developed into a way of representing a lifetime of images and experience

A film documenting the soulful art, environments, and voices of self-taught artists on the back roads of the American South.

Heading out west to her Grandma's birthday celebration, Lynda Barry and Kevin Kling record their adventures along the way.

This documentary examines the life and art of Lonnie Holley, a self-taught African-American artist based in Birmingham, Alabama. It follows Holley as he builds a sculptural environment out of discarded materials and found objects in the Birmingham Museum of Art’s sculpture garden. His art is by turns profound, playful, and deeply moving. As the garden grows piece by piece, Holley is revealed as a man who has overcome a tortured past. Growing up poor and black in the 20th century American South, Holley worked to overcome prejudice and deprivation by using art to explore his life and ideas. The camera captures the artist’s process and reflections as he gathers materials, creates pieces, interacts with others, and relives the joys and sorrows that forged his unique and genuine artwork.

　　影片历时两年，真实纪录了说书盲艺人李守旺的生活，反映了盲人说书队的困境，讲述了说书队队长李守旺任劳任怨平凡而伟大的父爱，展现了他人性的光辉。

　　李守旺（老李）是盲人说书队的队长，4岁时失明，从此他便失去了做一个普通农民的机会，人常说“关掉一扇门，便会打开一扇窗”，19岁时李守旺学会了说书，便以此为生讨了条活路，这一晃便是50年。他40多岁时娶了个精神失常的妻子，生下一儿一女，女儿遗传了母亲的病，嫁了个患有肺结核的女婿。儿子也因家境贫寒到西安三原县做了上门女婿，并且做生意还赔了钱。儿女的不幸遭遇成了70多岁的老李的心头病，老李每年挣到的钱几乎都给子女补贴了生活。

　　但随着城镇化的进程不断推进，陕北农村有九成人口外出打工，昔日喜闻乐见的说书队现在几乎丧失了观众。于是说书队与村队之间的矛盾日益加剧，很多时候因为钱额的差异和村队长吵得脸红脖子粗，这使得老李非常尴尬，于是对远在他乡的儿子的思念就成了他唯一的精神寄托，盲人说书队每天走村串户需行走20多里山路，非常辛苦，老李累的时候便把儿子照片悄悄拿出来摸摸……当他得知过年时儿子将带儿媳、孙女一起回家过年时，他高兴极了，打扫了窑洞、糊了新窗、换了窗帘、买回了电视机和卫星接收器，为的就是让他们回家多呆几天。然而等待他的却是一声叹息。

Deaf artist James Castle drew on his upbringing in rural Idaho as well as his profoundly silent inner world to create haunting paintings, sculptures and collages. He often used found objects and homemade tools to bring his vision to life. This documentary relies on interviews with Castle's family, art historians and prominent members of the hearing-impaired community to explain his inspirations, techniques and lasting legacy.

In Zongolica's Mountain Range, in the mexican state of Veracruz, naturally dyed wool yarn and excellent quality textiles are produced. Women are the ones in charge of working and teaching the art of weaving textiles with the waist loom technique. Everyday with perseverance and wisdom they masterfully wave their lives and future.

By showing the performances of the Ayrudzi troupe in Armenia, the film acquaints the audience with one of the most interesting phenomena of national culture – shadow theatre.

A documentary based upon the lives of outsider folk artists Ronald and Jessie Cooper. They became artists in their mid-fifties while living on disability after having lost their Kentucky country store, enduring multiple heart attacks, and being seriously injured in an automobile accident. The story is told through the voices of their four children as well as pioneers of the Kentucky Folk Art Center in Morehead, KY who gave the Coopers their start. The film is an account of their life tragedies and triumphs based upon the messages told throughout their artwork.

The concert film, which includes performances by amateur performers, as well as famous artists from North Korea, includes folk songs and dances.