To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1947 (US)
  • Documentary, Music
  • 16m

Overview

A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.

Alan Lomax

Writer

Irving Lerner

Director

Willard Van Dyke

Director

Cast

Pete Seeger's headshot

Pete Seeger

Self
Woody Guthrie's headshot

Woody Guthrie

Self
Sonny Terry's headshot

Sonny Terry

Self
Brownie McGhee's headshot

Brownie McGhee

Self

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