Basic Info
First Air: July 06, 1990
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
Last Episode
Name: Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old
Season: 1, Episode: 5
Air Date: 1990-08-03
Runtime: 58 min
Examining the talents and wisdom of elderly musicians, singers, and story-tellers, who perform not for fame or fortune but to preserve and share their culture. Stories told by Janie Hunter (80) of Johns Island, SC; ballads sung by ex-coal miner and union organizer Nimrod Workman (91), of Chatteroy, WV; fiddle tunes and tales of moonshining and feuds from Tommy Jarrell (83) of Toast, NC; and footage from the Alabama Sacred Harp Convention in Fyffe, AL, in which people of all ages gather to sing old-time shape-note hymnody.
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America
1990
1 seasons
5 episodes
Overview
From 1978 to 1985 Alan Lomax traveled the American South and Southwest with a television crew to document regional folklore with deep historical roots. From the resulting 400 hours of footage came the five-program series American Patchwork, which aired on PBS in 1991.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Alan Lomax
Self - Host
Crew
Alan Lomax
Writer
Alan Lomax
Director
Alan Lomax
Producer
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