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The first 43 titles are directed or co-directed by the late documentary filmmaker Les Blank (1935-2013). The remaining films are directed by his colleagues and are all featured on http://lesblank.com. Perhaps they're available on DVD through the site -- I'm not sure.

Quite a few of these films are streamable via Kanopy and (for a price) Vimeo.

This is a work in progress, because about 35 of the films don't even have IMDb pages. So I can't add them to ICM until/unless I create IMDb pages for them first.

Not on IMDb:
A Journey to the Butterflies (Bruce Pacho Lane)
A Skirt Full of Butterflies (Maureen Gosling)
Bamako Chic (Maureen Gosling)
Carrousel Menagerie (Bruce Pacho Lane)
Cheyanne Schatz (Pieter Van Deusen and Leah Miller)
Cumbre Tajín (Bruce Pacho Lane)
Down an Old Road (Chris Simon)
Folktale From Two Lands (Pieter Van Deusen and Leah Miller)
Friends (Pieter Van Deusen and Leah Miller)
Homegrown Bounty (Gina Leibrecht)
I Hear What You See (Chris Simon)
Jaber (Alan Govenar)
Little Willie Eason and His Talking Gospel Guitar (Alan Govenar)
Mezcal (Bruce Pacho Lane)
My Canyonlands (Chris Simon)
Narco-Mania! (Bruce Pacho Lane)
Netherby Naps (Pieter Van Deusen and Leah Miller)
New York Is a Summer Festival (Pieter Van Deusen and Leah Miller)
On Wayang: My Life With Shadows (Gina Leibrecht)
Pancho Villa (Bruce Pacho Lane)
Peace Corps: Colombia One (Bruce Pacho Lane)
Percussion Sounds (Pieter Van Deusen and Leah Miller)
Red Alexander (Chris Simon)
Seven Second Love Affair (Robert Abel)
String Sounds (Pieter Van Deusen and Leah Miller)
The Language of the Seeds (Bruce Pacho Lane)
The New Mexico Chile Film (Bruce Pacho Lane)
The Rite of Spring (Pieter Van Deusen and Leah Miller)
The Softball Umpire Film (Les Blank)
The Story of Anna O: A Study on Hysteria (Terrell Seltzer)
TV Tray (Harrod Blank)
Zydeco (Nick Spitzer)

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  1. 1 -

    Running Around Like a Chicken with Its Head Cut...

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
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    Strike!

    1961, in 0 top lists
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    And Freedom Came?!

    1962, in 0 top lists
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    Dizzy Gillespie

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
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    Thailand Moment

    2015, in 0 top lists
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    God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When...

    1968, in 1 top list Check
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    The Sun's Gonna Shine

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
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    Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin' Mill Is Burnin' Down

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lightnin' Les

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

    1970, in 1 top list Check
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    Chicken Real

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
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    Spend It All

    1972, in 1 top list Check
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    A Well-Spent Life

    1971, in 1 top list Check
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    Dry Wood

    1973, in 1 top list Check
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    Hot Pepper

    1973, in 1 top list Check
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    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    1974, in 1 top list Check
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    Chulas Fronteras

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    Always for Pleasure

    1978, in 1 top list Check
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    Del mero corazón

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Hundred Penny Box

    1979, in 0 top lists
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    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
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    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
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    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
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    Sprout Wings and Fly

    1983, in 1 top list Check
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    In Heaven There Is No Beer?

    1984, in 1 top list Check
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    Cigarette Blues

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
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    Gap-Toothed Women

    1987, in 1 top list Check
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    Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
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    Huey Lewis and the News: Be-FORE!

    1987, in 0 top lists
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    Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's...

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    J'ai été au bal

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
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    Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking

    1990, in 1 top list Check
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    Puamana

    1991, in 0 top lists
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    Marc and Ann

    1991, in 0 top lists
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    Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
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    Innocents Abroad

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

    1995, in 1 top list Check
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    Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco...

    1995, in 1 top list Check
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    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in...

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Maestro Rides Again!

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lagniappe

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
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    All in This Tea

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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    Treasure of the Lisu

    2010, in 0 top lists
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    How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock...

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Here Comes Everybody

    1960, in 0 top lists
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    Christopher Tree

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dong fu ren

    1968 — a.k.a. The Arch, in 6 top lists Check
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    Wind Sounds

    1968, in 0 top lists
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    A Kite Story

    1970, in 0 top lists
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    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and...

    1971, in 0 top lists
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