Ralph Stanley: An Eye for Wood
Streaming video - 2014
Ralph Stanley is a musician, a genealogist, a historian and an acclaimed storyteller. But more than anything, this Mount Desert Island native is a master boat builder. In particular, Ralph has a special genius for constructing beautiful - yet durable – wooden vessels, something for which he was won national acclaim and recognition.This captivating documentary tells the story of Ralph Stanley’s life as a boat builder, from his childhood spent watching ships in the harbor to his work with his son Richard to make sure his knowledge is passed on to future generations of craftsmen. Told with candid interviews and scores of rare archival photographs, RALPH STANLEY: AN EYE FOR WOOD is an intimate portrait of one man and his mastery of an almos...t forgotten art form.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Allied Vaughn
2014.
2023. - Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record. - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (60 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).