Ronnie Gilbert

Ronnie Gilbert

Birthday: 1926-09-07

Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA

Biography: Ruth Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (1926-2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress, and political activist. She was one of the original members of the music quartet The Weavers, along with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman.

Movies

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

In September of 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival, the Weavers sang together for possibly the last t...

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

Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumph...

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Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World
Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World

A compelling study of the Hopi that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration o...

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Windflowers
Windflowers

Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge....

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The Congress
The Congress

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least und...

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Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers acros...

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Running on Empty
Running on Empty

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixti...

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Crossing Delancey
Crossing Delancey

Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that ...

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Isadora
Isadora

A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of bal...

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