| Description |
2 videodiscs (310 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono rda |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Documentary films. lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; uncompressed theatrical mono mix. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Robert Redford. |
| Summary |
The big bang: At the height of the Roaring Twenties, music scouts armed with cutting-edge recording technology set out across America to capture the unsung voices of everyday folk. Blood and soil: America's poor--cotton field slaves, mine workers, sharecroppers--find freedom through music, creating gospel, protest songs, and Delta blues. Out of the many, the one: Exotic cultures spanning America are captured on record for the first time, inventing new instruments and new cultural identities. The American epic sessions: Jack White and T Bone Burnett produce an epic recording session using the only working 1920s recording device in existence in this tribute to the artists celebrated in the American epic documentaries. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Contents |
The big bang. The Carter Family ; Field recordings ; The Bristol sessions ; The Carter Family legacy ; Beale Street ; The Memphis Jug Band ; A feeling of the past -- Blood and soil. Elder Burch ; The triumph church ; Dizzy Gillespie ; Music from the coal mines ; Charley Patton and Dockery Farms ; Patton's thumbprint -- Out of the many, the one. The deepest roots of American music ; Joseph Kekuku and the steel guitar ; The first Tejano superstar ; A musical jambalaya ; Mississippi John Hurt ; Lost and found ; The sounds of earth -- disc 2. The American epic sessions. |
| Language |
English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
Sound recording industry -- United States -- History.
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Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
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Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
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Sound recording industry. (OCoLC)fst01127019
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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| Added Author |
MacMahon, Bernard, 1970- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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McGourty, Allison, screenwriter, film producer.
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Erikson, Duke, 1951- screenwriter, film producer.
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Morgan, William (Television writer), screenwriter.
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Holderman, Bill, film producer.
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Block, Adam (Producer), film producer.
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Redford, Robert, narrator.
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Lo-Max Films Ltd., production company.
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Wildwood Enterprises, production company.
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Thirteen Productions, production company.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster.
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PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster.
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| Added Title |
Arena (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781627894715 |
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1627894713 |
| Standard No. |
841887026086 |
| Music No. |
AMEP600 PBS Distribution |
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