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Sprout Wings and Fly

1983 · 30 min

A gentle, unhurried visit with an old musician, full of warmth, fiddle tunes and quiet charm.

Directed by
Cece Conway, Alice Gerrard
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Tommy Jarrell
Overview
Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-old Tommy Jarrell of Toast, NC. Tommy was quirky, gregarious and generous, and this film shows him at his best, in fine fiddling form.

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Directed by
Cece Conway, Alice Gerrard
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Tommy Jarrell
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    • music
    • aging
    • art
    • family
    Places
    • countryside
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
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    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Humour3
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    Genres
    documentary, music
    Directed by
    Cece Conway, Alice Gerrard, Les Blank
    Starring
    Tommy Jarrell
    Cinematography
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    Runtime
    30 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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