LINEFORK: Film & Performance
Fri, Nov 19
|Epsilon Spires
Lee Sexton is the last living link to the distant past of regional American music in Kentucky's Appalachian Mountains. A retired coal miner with black lung, Lee and his wife, Opal, continue to farm the land where he was born. Opening performance by Carling Berkhout.
Time & Location
Nov 19, 2021, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
An immersive meditation on the passage of time and the persistent resonance of place, Linefork follows the daily rituals of an elderly couple living in Kentucky's Appalachian Mountains. Now in his nineties, Lee Sexton is the last living link to the distant past of a regional American music. A retired coal miner with black lung, Lee and his wife, Opal, continue to farm the land where he was born. Together they face encroaching health concerns and stark economic realities. Recorded over three years, Linefork is an observational film documenting their marriage, their community, their resilience, and the raw yet delicate music of an unheralded banjo legend, linked to the past yet immediately present.
Lee Sexton's distinctive 2-finger banjo style pre-dates and integrates aspects of bluegrass and can be heard on the landmark 1960 Smithsonian Folkways release Mountain Music of Kentucky, as well as on two recent canonical Smithsonian Folkways compilations:…
Tickets
Linefork: Film & Performance
Admission for one to LINEFORK film screening with a director Q&A and live opening performance by Carling Berkhout. Please choose your seating with respect for others and let us know if you require special arrangements. $2 from every ticket goes directly towards the historic preservation of the venue. Thank you for your support! Enjoy the program!
$18.00
Sale ended