Films by Les Blank
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Burden of Dreams (1982/2005 – Criterion Version)
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J’ai Été Au Bal / I Went to the Dance (1989/2021)
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The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins (1968)
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Chulas Fronteras (1976/2018)
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Del Mero Corazon (1979/2018)
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Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)
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A Well Spent Life (1971)
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Hot Pepper (1973)
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Dry Wood (1973)
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Gap-Toothed Women (1987)
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All In This Tea (2007)
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Always For Pleasure (1978)
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Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)
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Spend It All (1971)
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Sprout Wings And Fly (1983)
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My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge (1994)
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Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge (1991)
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In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)
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A Poem Is A Naked Person (1974/2015)
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Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking (1990)
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Marc & Ann (1991)
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Innocents Abroad (1991)
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Puamana (1991)
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Sworn To the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995)
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How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy – 2014
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Dizzy Gillespie (1964/2018)
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The Arch (1969)
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The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (1994)
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The Maestro Rides Again! (2005)
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Stoney Knows How (1981)
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The Sun’s Gonna Shine (1969)
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Mister Charlie By Lightnin’ Hopkins (1969)
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Lightnin’ Hopkins’ Song For Les (1968/2017)
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Thailand Moment (1967-2015)
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Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart (1987)
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God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance (1968)
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Huey Lewis And The News: BEFORE! (1986)
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Christopher Tree (1967)
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Cigarette Blues (1985)
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Almond Joy Commercials – 1966
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Anatomy Of An Award – 1967
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And Freedom Came?! (1962)
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At War With Waste – 1967
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Beeline Fashions – 1966
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Chicken Real (1970)
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Dambatsoko (The Rhodes National Gallery) 1975
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Elegance Is An Almond – 1966
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Mech-Tronics– 1966
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Shakey’s Pizza – 1967
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Operation Success: The Sioux Honey Story – 1965
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Operation Success: Transportation Go-How 1966
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Operation Success: What Is Iron Powder? – 1966
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Operation Success: Credit Union – 1967
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People Who Fix Things – 1971
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Running Around Like A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off (1960)
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Strike! (1961)
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The Softball Umpire Film (1962-2017)
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The Story of the NRA (National Rifle Association) 1968
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Roots of Rhythm (1990)
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Ry Cooder Group ’88 in Santa Cruz
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Durian
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