Pete Seeger Movies

  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 1982
    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

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    Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
  • 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
  • 2007
    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

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    Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artist and activist Pete Seeger.

    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1999
    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

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    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
  • 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
  • 2002
    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    4.52002HD

    The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.

    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1983
    Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

    Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

    Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

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    A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.

    Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
  • 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
  • 2005
    Henry A. Wallace

    Henry A. Wallace

    Henry A. Wallace

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    Biography of former vice president Henry A. Wallace.

    Henry A. Wallace