Cast: Pete Seeger

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Pete Seeger. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - A Martin Scorsese Picture

2005 · Documentary · 208 min. · United States

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Bob Dylan · Joan Baez · Allen Ginsberg · Pete Seeger

Plot Renowned director Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan chronicles the career of the singer and songwriter during the tumultuous years between 1961 and 1966. Dylan allowed Scorsese to...

7.8

5K votes

7.8

5K votes

Alice's Restaurant

1969 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Penn

Cast Arlo Guthrie · Patricia Quinn · James Broderick · Pete Seeger

Plot Arlo Guthrie's song is converted into a motion picture. Arlo goes to see Alice for Thanksgivng and as a favor takes her trash to the dump. When the dump is...

5.4

255 votes

5.4

255 votes

Rooted in Peace

2016 · Documentary · 88 min. · United States

Direction Greg Reitman

Cast Pete Seeger · Desmond Tutu · David Lynch · Donovan Leitch

Plot ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and...

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Canto Libre - Den fria sången (TV)

1980 · Documentary · 120 min. · Sweden

Direction Claudio Sapiaín

Cast Vicente Feliú · Eduardo Galeano · Amparo Ochoa · Violeta Parra

Plot A program about the current development of the free Latin American music presented by a wide range of artists, performers and groups from 12 countries.

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To Hear Your Banjo Play (S)

1947 · Documentary · 16 min. · United States

Direction Irving Lerner · Willard Van Dyke

Cast Pete Seeger · Woody Guthrie · Baldwin Hawes · Sonny Terry

Plot Presents the origin of the banjo, the development of southern folk music and its influence upon Americans. Pete Seeger plays his banjo and narrates the story.

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Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

2008 · Documentary · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stephen Gammond

Cast Bob Dylan · Woody Guthrie · Martin Carthy · Pete Seeger

Plot This documentary tells the story of the music and artists that have influenced Bob Dylan throughout his career. Although his reputation as a songwriter stands supreme, Dylan has often covered...

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Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement

2009 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

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Pete & Toshi Get a Camera

2014 · Documentary · 86 min. · United States

Direction William Eigen

Cast Pete Seeger · Toshi Seeger · Daniel Seeger · Mika Seeger

Plot Condemned by the 1950's anti-communist 'Blacklist' and unable to perform, folksinger Pete Seeger decided to try making movies. He buys an old newsreel camera and starts filming his fellow musicians...

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Love It Like a Fool

1977 · Documentary · 28 min. · United States

Direction Susan Wengraf

Cast Malvina Reynolds · Nancy Schimmel · Pete Seeger

Plot A 1977 American documentary film about the (then) 76 year old American folk songwriter Malvina Reynolds, directed by Susan Wengraf. Through the film, with some camera work by Les Blank,...

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The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

1981 · Documentary · 78 min. · United States

Direction Jim Brown

Cast Lee Hays · Pete Seeger · Ronnie Gilbert · Fred Hellerman

Plot Documentary about the blacklisted folk group, "The Weavers," and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.

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