To Hear Your Banjo Play (1997)

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Synopsis of To Hear Your Banjo Play

Directed by Irving Lerner and Willard Van Dyke, and narrated by renowned folk troubadour Pete Seeger, this film presented by the Museum of Modern Art in New York chronicles the history of the banjo, an instrument with roots in African-American slavery. Shot in Appalachia in the 1940s, highlights include footage of a performance by Sonny Terry and rare footage of the legendary political folksinger Woody Guthrie. Other performers in this program are Baldwin Hawes, Brownie McGhee, Texas Gladden, and Margot Mayo's American Square Dance Group. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide

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Irving Lerner, Willard van Dyke

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