Pete Seeger Movies

  • 1984
    Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

    Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

    Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

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    A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part...

    Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
  • 1997
    An Act of Conscience

    An Act of Conscience

    An Act of Conscience

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    When a young couple buys a contested home at auction from the U.S. government for $5,400, they become involved in a political and moral battle much...

    An Act of Conscience
  • 2001
    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

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    A Sigh and a Wish tells the story of pioneer folklorist Helen Creighton and of the enduring appeal of her remarkable collections of song and story....

    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
  • 2011
    Give Me the Banjo

    Give Me the Banjo

    Give Me the Banjo

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    The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/multi-media performance, and a website that...

    Give Me the Banjo
  • 2013
    Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain

    Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain

    Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain

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    Big Bill Broonzy would inspire a generation of musicians, yet he was not the man they believed him to be. This first, very intimate, biography of the...

    Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
  • 2019
    Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

    Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

    Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

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    In 1970, three years following his death from Huntington’s disease, an all-star cast of musicians gathered at Los Angeles, CA’s Hollywood...

    Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
  • 1947
    To Hear Your Banjo Play

    To Hear Your Banjo Play

    To Hear Your Banjo Play

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    A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.

    To Hear Your Banjo Play
  • 2011
    Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

    Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

    Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

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    From civil rights to the anti-war movement to the struggles of workers, folksinger Phil Ochs wrote topical songs that engaged his audiences in the...

    Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
  • 1996
    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    01996HD

    Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New York stage. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and her...

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
  • 1961
    Cattle Ranch

    Cattle Ranch

    Cattle Ranch

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    This short documentary offers a portrait of life on a cattle ranch, for both its human and animal inhabitants. Featuring sprightly music by folk...

    Cattle Ranch
  • 1970
    The Arlo Guthrie Show

    The Arlo Guthrie Show

    The Arlo Guthrie Show

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    A concert featuring singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie. Performing from Austin, Texas, the folk-singer is joined by guest artists.

    The Arlo Guthrie Show
  • 1982
    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

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    Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
  • 1977
    Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

    Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

    Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

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    A tribute concert honoring the life of legendary folksinger Phil Ochs recorded at the Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum in 1976.

    Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
  • 2000
    The Internationale

    The Internationale

    The Internationale

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    THE INTERNATIONALE draws on people's stories of an emotionally charged radical song (the long-time anthem of socialism and communism) to celebrate...

    The Internationale
  • 2002
    Strange Fruit

    Strange Fruit

    Strange Fruit

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    In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled...

    Strange Fruit
  • 2008
    Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

    Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

    Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

    8.52008HD

    This fascinating program tells the story of the music and artists that have influenced Bob Dylan throughout his career. Although his reputation as a...

    Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
  • 1990
    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

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    Biographical notes on the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976). At the height of his fame and skill,...

    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
  • 1984
    Chords of Fame

    Chords of Fame

    Chords of Fame

    01984HD

    Documentary about the life of folk singer Phil Ochs.

    Chords of Fame
  • 2003
    Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

    Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

    Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

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    For some 30 years, they embodied "country blues" for folk music audiences around the globe. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were once ubiquitous, and...

    Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
  • 1960
    Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

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    On the first hot day of summer, an old farmer goes fishing just as he has done for many years on the West Branch of the Delaware River. A young boy,...

    Indian Summer