Pete Seeger Movies
- 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...
- 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...
- 1961
Cattle Ranch
Cattle Ranch01961HD
This short documentary offers a portrait of life on a cattle ranch, for both its human and animal inhabitants. Featuring sprightly music by folk...
- 1965
The Creative Person: The Folksinger
The Creative Person: The Folksinger01965HD
Three of the top folksinger-composers - Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and Buffy Sainte-Marie - are featured here. These are the new "city" folksingers whose...
- 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.
- 1980
Canto Libre - den fria sången
Canto Libre - den fria sången01980HD
A concert program about the current development of the free Latin American music presented by a wide range of artists, performers and groups from...
- 1989
Pete Seeger at Home
Pete Seeger at Home01989HD
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
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 1966
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison01966HD
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...
- 1962
Lines: Horizontal
Lines: Horizontal6.11962HD
An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...
- 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,...
- 1962
The Streets of Greenwood
The Streets of Greenwood01962HD
THE STREETS OF GREENWOOD (1962), looks at voter registration efforts by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)and a concert in a...
- 1964
Singing Fishermen of Ghana
Singing Fishermen of Ghana01964HD
This film documents work songs of a fishing community in Ghana
- 1988
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning01988HD
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...
- 1945
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Pick a Bale of Cotton01945HD
Blues/Folk Performer Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) speaks and performs several songs in various settings.
- 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...
- 1946
The Fight for Maritime Unity
The Fight for Maritime Unity01946HD
This film speaks to the need for solidarity between all maritime unions, vividly recounting the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike, which culminated...
- 1972
Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone01972HD
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...