Pete Seeger Movies
- 1969
Alice's Restaurant
Alice's Restaurant6.21969HD
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the...
- 2007
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song72007HD
Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artists Pete Seeger.
- 1971
The Foolish Frog
The Foolish Frog81971HD
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 gave...
- 2014
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer7.22014HD
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freed...
- 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 chronicl...
- 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 col...
- 2001
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes02001HD
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. Cr...
- 2000
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack7.22000HD
With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack...
- 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 la...
- 2024
Tribute to Harry Chapin
Tribute to Harry Chapin02024HD
Tribute concert held in 1987 at Carnegie Hall (and later televised on PBS),commemorating Harry Chapin's posthumous receipt of the Congressional Medal...
- 1990
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson01990HD
Biographical notes on the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976). At the height of his fame and skill, Robeson’s ca...
- 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 a...
- 2023
Down By The Riverside
Down By The Riverside02023HD
“If there’s hope for the human race, there’s hope for the Hudson.” —Pete Seeger In the summer of 1969, legendary folk singer Pete Seeger launched the...
- 2015
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera02015HD
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 th...
- 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.
- 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.
- 2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan7.72005HD
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
- 2008
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan8.52008HD
This fascinating program tells the story of the music and artists that have influenced Bob Dylan throughout his career. Although his reputation as a s...
- 2002
Strange Fruit
Strange Fruit02002HD
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 "...
- 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 family...