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Minnie Black’s Gourd Band

MINNIE BLACK’S GOURD BAND 1988, 29:00
Minnie Black is ninety years old but she’s still making music and art out of the gourds she grows in her backyard garden in East Bernstadt, Kentucky.

Not to be missed!” -Eric John, The New York Center for Urban Folk Culture.

Delightful story of a woman rich with love, joy of life, imagination and creativity.” -Bob Gates, Director, Kentucky Folklife Program

City Lore Festival of Film and Video, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Retirement Research Foundation–Silver Owl Award