Biography
Tom Davenport (born June 13, 1939) is an independent filmmaker and film distributor who has worked for decades documenting American life and exploring folklore. Currently based in Delaplane, Virginia, he is the founder and project director for Folkstreams, a website that houses independent documentary films about American folk roots and cultures.
In the winter 2016, Davenport released his follow-up film to his profile of a North Carolina family, A Singing Stream (1986) which he made in partnership with the Landis family who were featured in that film. In 2018, he released a documentary on a 1932 lynching near his home in Fauquier County in Virginia. He continues to oversee the Folkstreams website, as well as help with the management of his family farm in northern Virginia at Hollin Farms.
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Willa: An American Snow White (1998)
Mutzmag (1992)
Ashpet: An American Cinderella (1990)
Soldier Jack, or The Man Who Caught Death in a Sack (1989)
Jack & the Dentist's Daughter (1985)
Bearskin, or The Man Who Didn't Wash for Seven Years (1984)
Bristlelip (1982)
The Frog King (1981)
Hansel & Gretel (1977)
Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson (1976)
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Birthday1939-06-13 (84 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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