Pete Seeger Movies
- 1982
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time7.21982HD
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.
- 2011
Give Me the Banjo
Give Me the Banjo7.22011HD
The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/multi-media performance, and a website that...
- 2004
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal02004HD
In September of 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival, the Weavers sang together for possibly the last time.
- 1970
The Arlo Guthrie Show
The Arlo Guthrie Show01970HD
A concert featuring singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie. Performing from Austin, Texas, the folk-singer is joined by guest artists.
- 1997
An Act of Conscience
An Act of Conscience01997HD
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...
- 1996
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story01996HD
Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New York stage. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and her...
- 2013
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain02013HD
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...
- 2011
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune6.42011HD
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...
- 1988
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie01988HD
Documentary on the life of Woody Guthrie, the travelling songwriter and singer who paved the way for the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
- 2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony8.12022HD
The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California....
- 1989
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center01989HD
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...
- 1984
Chords of Fame
Chords of Fame01984HD
Documentary about the life of folk singer Phil Ochs.
- 2007
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place02007HD
Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
- 1978
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert01978HD
Full concert recorded live at Wolf Trap, VA for PBS broadcast. Arlo and Pete are joined onstage by the band Shanandoah on many of their well-loved...
- 2000
The Internationale
The Internationale02000HD
THE INTERNATIONALE draws on people's stories of an emotionally charged radical song (the long-time anthem of socialism and communism) to celebrate...
- 1947
To Hear Your Banjo Play
To Hear Your Banjo Play4.51947HD
A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.
- 1983
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists6.41983HD
A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.
- 1977
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration01977HD
A tribute concert honoring the life of legendary folksinger Phil Ochs recorded at the Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum in 1976.
- 2002
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...
- 2003
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-19743.82003HD
For some 30 years, they embodied "country blues" for folk music audiences around the globe. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were once ubiquitous, and...