Pete Seeger Movies

  • 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
  • 1978
    Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert

    Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert

    Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert

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    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...

    Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
  • 1966
    Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison

    Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison

    Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison

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    Pete and Toshi Seeger, their son Daniel, and folklorist Bruce Jackson visited a Texas prison in Huntsville in March of 1966 and produced this rare...

    Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
  • 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
  • 1988
    BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

    BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

    BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

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    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.

    BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
  • 1988
    Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

    Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

    Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

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    Born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Gunning suffered a life of bitter poverty which became the fuel for dozens of moving songs about working...

    Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
  • 1962
    The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

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    THE STREETS OF GREENWOOD (1962), looks at voter registration efforts by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)and a concert in a...

    The Streets of Greenwood
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1989
    Pete Seeger at Home

    Pete Seeger at Home

    Pete Seeger at Home

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    In this documentary, Pete Seeger is caught in a relaxed mood in and outside his cottage outside New York in an excellent video produced by Jim Downing

    Pete Seeger at Home
  • 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
  • 2023
    Down By The Riverside

    Down By The Riverside

    Down By The Riverside

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    “If there’s hope for the human race, there’s hope for the Hudson.” —Pete Seeger In the summer of 1969, legendary folk...

    Down By The Riverside
  • 1946
    The Fight for Maritime Unity

    The Fight for Maritime Unity

    The Fight for Maritime Unity

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    This film speaks to the need for solidarity between all maritime unions, vividly recounting the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike, which culminated...

    The Fight for Maritime Unity
  • 1962
    Lines: Horizontal

    Lines: Horizontal

    Lines: Horizontal

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    An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...

    Lines: Horizontal
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1964
    Singing Fishermen of Ghana

    Singing Fishermen of Ghana

    Singing Fishermen of Ghana

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    This film documents work songs of a fishing community in Ghana

    Singing Fishermen of Ghana
  • 1962
    Wasn't That a Time

    Wasn't That a Time

    Wasn't That a Time

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    A look into those convicted by the House Un-American Activities Committee

    Wasn't That a Time
  • 2015
    Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

    Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

    Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

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    55 years ago Pete Seeger didn't name names at the McCarthy hearings and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Out on appeal, blacklisted, watched by...

    Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
  • 1972
    Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone

    Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone

    Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone

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    This classic documentary made by director Robert Elfstrom shows Pete Seeger as a fighter for human rights through songs such as I Dreamed I Saw Joe...

    Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone