Pete Seeger Movies

  • 1989
    Pete Seeger at Home

    Pete Seeger at Home

    Pete Seeger at Home

    01989HD

    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
  • 1987
    The Arlo Guthrie Show

    The Arlo Guthrie Show

    The Arlo Guthrie Show

    01987HD

    A concert featuring singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie. Performing from Austin, Texas, the folk-singer is joined by guest artists.

    The Arlo Guthrie Show
  • 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
  • 1980
    Canto Libre - den fria sången

    Canto Libre - den fria sången

    Canto Libre - den fria sången

    01980HD

    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
  • 1965
    The Creative Person: The Folksinger

    The Creative Person: The Folksinger

    The Creative Person: The Folksinger

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    Three of the top folksinger-composers - Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and Buffy Sainte-Marie - are featured here. These are the new "city" folksingers whose...

    The Creative Person: The Folksinger
  • 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
  • 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

    01966HD

    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
  • 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

    01970HD

    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
  • 1946
    The Fight for Maritime Unity

    The Fight for Maritime Unity

    The Fight for Maritime Unity

    01946HD

    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
  • 1964
    Singing Fishermen of Ghana

    Singing Fishermen of Ghana

    Singing Fishermen of Ghana

    01964HD

    This film documents work songs of a fishing community in Ghana

    Singing Fishermen of Ghana
  • 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

    3.82003HD

    For some 30 years, they embodied "country blues" for folk music audiences around the globe. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were once ubiquitous, and...

    Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
  • 1970
    THE MANY COLORED PAPER

    THE MANY COLORED PAPER

    THE MANY COLORED PAPER

    01970HD

    The Family of musician Peter Seeger and filmmaker Toshi Seeger celebrate the season of Christmas by making home made wrapping paper. Their daughter...

    THE MANY COLORED PAPER
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2001
    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

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    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....

    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
  • 2005
    Henry A. Wallace

    Henry A. Wallace

    Henry A. Wallace

    02005HD

    Biography of former vice president Henry A. Wallace.

    Henry A. Wallace
  • 1972
    Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone

    Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone

    Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone

    01972HD

    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
  • 1945
    Pick a Bale of Cotton

    Pick a Bale of Cotton

    Pick a Bale of Cotton

    01945HD

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

    Pick a Bale of Cotton
  • 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