Pete Seeger Movies

  • 1945
    Pick a Bale of Cotton

    Pick a Bale of Cotton

    Pick a Bale of Cotton

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    Blues/Folk Performer Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) speaks and performs several songs in various settings.

    Pick a Bale of Cotton
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1969
    Alice's Restaurant

    Alice's Restaurant

    Alice's Restaurant

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    After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take...

    Alice's Restaurant
  • 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
  • 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

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    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
  • 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

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    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
  • 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'
  • 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
  • 2014
    Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

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    In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created...

    Freedom Summer
  • 2009
    We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

    We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

    We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

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    A public celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America at the Lincoln Memorial and the...

    We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
  • 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
  • 2014
    The Winding Stream

    The Winding Stream

    The Winding Stream

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

    The Winding Stream
  • 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
  • 1991
    Tribute to Harry Chapin

    Tribute to Harry Chapin

    Tribute to Harry Chapin

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    Tribute concert held in 1987 at Carnegie Hall (and later televised on PBS), commemorating Harry Chapin's posthumous receipt of the Congressional...

    Tribute to Harry Chapin
  • 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
  • 1971
    The Foolish Frog

    The Foolish Frog

    The Foolish Frog

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    A farmer wanted words to go with the tune he was playing when he saw a frog sitting on the bank of the stream. The frog did something silly which...

    The Foolish Frog
  • 1970
    Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

    Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

    Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

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    The story of three wildly neurotic characters: a facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic, and an introvert epileptic who, after leaving the...

    Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
  • 1970
    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

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    At the risk of a 5-year prison term, Francesco Da Vinci struggles with his Virginia draft board to be recognized as a sincere conscientious objector...

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
  • 2006
    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

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    Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." The music of the folk singer/songwriter has been recorded by...

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home