What it’s about
Jim Brown chronicles the life and music of Pete Seeger, the man responsible for reintroducing America to its folk heritage in the 1960s. Apart from rousing young audiences with renditions of old, forgotten songs like We Shall Overcome and Turn, Turn, Turn, Seeger was an outspoken activist and peoples hero in the affable mold of Woody Guthrie. Through interviews, archival footage, and live performance, this iconoclastic, banjo-playing bard comes to foot-stomping life.
Why we love it
Browns vibrant tribute to singer-banjoist Seeger is steeped in the social ferment of the sixties, providing an intimate glimpse of the man, then and now, whose consciousness-raising efforts got him branded a communist by McCarthys minions. Exclusive chats with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, and many other notables not only clarify the artistic importance of Seegers folk-music revivalism but testify to his remarkably gentle and charitable nature. This Song will surely lodge in your heart.
Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Natalie Maines Jim Brown