Pete Seeger Movies

  • 2000
    The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

    The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

    The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

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    With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack...

    The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
  • 2025
    Newport and the Great Folk Dream

    Newport and the Great Folk Dream

    Newport and the Great Folk Dream

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    Powerful music leaps from the air and can change the actual world. At the Newport Folk Festivals in the early 1960s, the molecules were electric with...

    Newport and the Great Folk Dream
  • 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
  • 2013
    Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

    Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

    Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

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    Explores the music scene in Greenwich Village, New York in the '60s and early '70s. The film highlights some of the finest singer/songwriters of the...

    Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
  • 2004
    Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

    Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

    Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

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    In September of 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival, the Weavers sang together for possibly the last time.

    Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
  • 2007
    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

    8.12007HD

    An unvarnished chronicle of Bob Dylan's metamorphosis from folk to rock musician via appearances at the Newport Folk Festival between 1963 and 1965.

    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1980
    Canto Libre - den fria sången

    Canto Libre - den fria sången

    Canto Libre - den fria sången

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    A concert program about the current development of the free Latin American music presented by a wide range of artists, performers and groups from...

    Canto Libre - den fria sången
  • 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
  • 1987
    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
  • 2007
    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

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    Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
  • 1959
    The End of the Line

    The End of the Line

    The End of the Line

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    This documentary short offers a nostalgic look at the steam locomotive as it passes from reality to history. In its heyday, the big smoke-belching...

    The End of the Line
  • 1989
    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

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    Izzy Young was the guru of American folk music. In this documentary covering his legendary Folklore Center in New York Izzy meets with friends and...

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
  • 1996
    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

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    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
  • 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
  • 2007
    Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian

    Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian

    Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian

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    A special concert celebrating the music of children's music entertainer Ella Jenkins, based on the Grammy award-winning album.

    Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
  • 2014
    The Winding Stream

    The Winding Stream

    The Winding Stream

    6.52014HD

    The story of the American music dynasty, the Carters and Cashes, and their decades-long influence on popular music.

    The Winding Stream