Tom Davenport: podcast appearances and interviews

Tom Davenport is a distinguished professor at Babson College. He is an independent filmmaker and film distributor who has dedicated decades to documenting American life and exploring folklore. Davenport is based in Delaplane, Virginia, where he is the founder and project director of Folkstreams, a website that features independent documentary films focused on American folk roots and cultures. Throughout his career, he has produced films such as A Singing Stream, released in 2016 as a follow-up to his 1986 profile of a North Carolina family, and a documentary on a 1932 lynching near his home in Fauquier County, released in 2018. In addition to his filmmaking and curatorial work, he helps manage his family farm at Hollin Farms in northern Virginia. His work highlights both regional history and contemporary cultural issues, contributing to the preservation and understanding of American folk traditions.