Pete Seeger
Birthday: 1919-05-03
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography: Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.
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Alice's Restaurant
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner....
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artist ...
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The Foolish Frog
A farmer wanted words to go with the tune he was playing when he saw a frog sitting on the bank of t...
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Freedom Summer
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying ...
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Give Me the Banjo
The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/mu...
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Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
Izzy Young was the guru of American folk music. In this documentary covering his legendary Folklore ...
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A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
A Sigh and a Wish tells the story of pioneer folklorist Helen Creighton and of the enduring appeal o...
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The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her f...
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An Act of Conscience
When a young couple buys a contested home at auction from the U.S. government for $5,400, they becom...
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Tribute to Harry Chapin
Tribute concert held in 1987 at Carnegie Hall (and later televised on PBS), commemorating Harry Chap...
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I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
Biographical notes on the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976)....
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Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
For some 30 years, they embodied "country blues" for folk music audiences around the globe. Sonny Te...
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Down By The Riverside
“If there’s hope for the human race, there’s hope for the Hudson.” —Pete Seeger In the summer of 19...
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Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
55 years ago Pete Seeger didn't name names at the McCarthy hearings and was sentenced to 10 years in...
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To Hear Your Banjo Play
A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States....
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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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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singe...
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Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
This fascinating program tells the story of the music and artists that have influenced Bob Dylan thr...
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Strange Fruit
In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high sc...
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Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New Yor...
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Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Explores the music scene in Greenwich Village, New York in the '60s and early '70s. The film highlig...
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022...
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Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusett...
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Gasland
It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from a...
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I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
At the risk of a 5-year prison term, Francesco Da Vinci struggles with his Virginia draft board to b...
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Pete Seeger at Home
In this documentary, Pete Seeger is caught in a relaxed mood in and outside his cottage outside New ...
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Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
Born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Gunning suffered a life of bitter poverty which became t...
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The Arlo Guthrie Show
A concert featuring singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie. Performing from Austin, Texas, the folk-singer i...
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Festival
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival,...
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Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
The story of three wildly neurotic characters: a facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic, ...
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The Winding Stream
The story of the American music dynasty, the Carters and Cashes, and their decades-long influence on...
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Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." The music of ...
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Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought ...
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The Streets of Greenwood
THE STREETS OF GREENWOOD (1962), looks at voter registration efforts by the Student Non-Violent Coor...
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ReMastered: The Lion's Share
After discovering the family of Solomon Linda, the writer of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," a reporter t...
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Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
The stars come out on Sesame Street in this fun-filled video featuring the show's most memorable mom...
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
In 1970, three years following his death from Huntington’s disease, an all-star cast of musicians ga...
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Canto Libre - den fria sången
A concert program about the current development of the free Latin American music presented by a wide...
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Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers acros...
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The Internationale
THE INTERNATIONALE draws on people's stories of an emotionally charged radical song (the long-time a...
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Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
A tribute concert honoring the life of legendary folksinger Phil Ochs recorded at the Madison Square...
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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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Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the e...
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Wasn't That a Time
A look into those convicted by the House Un-American Activities Committee...
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Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
Big Bill Broonzy would inspire a generation of musicians, yet he was not the man they believed him t...
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, sing...
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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
A public celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States ...
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Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
Full concert recorded live at Wolf Trap, VA for PBS broadcast. Arlo and Pete are joined onstage by t...
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Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Big Bird and his pals are making musical mayhem as they sing the goofiest, nuttiest, silliest songs ...
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The Creative Person: The Folksinger
Three of the top folksinger-composers - Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and Buffy Sainte-Marie - are featured...
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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
From civil rights to the anti-war movement to the struggles of workers, folksinger Phil Ochs wrote t...
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Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
This classic documentary made by director Robert Elfstrom shows Pete Seeger as a fighter for human r...
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BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
Documentary on the life of Woody Guthrie, the travelling songwriter and singer who paved the way for...
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Palme
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets...
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The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
An unvarnished chronicle of Bob Dylan's metamorphosis from folk to rock musician via appearances at ...
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Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Powerful music leaps from the air and can change the actual world. At the Newport Folk Festivals in ...
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Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
A special concert celebrating the music of children's music entertainer Ella Jenkins, based on the G...
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THE MANY COLORED PAPER
The Family of musician Peter Seeger and filmmaker Toshi Seeger celebrate the season of Christmas by ...
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