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
Direction Jon Goodman
Cast Paul Breines · Catherine Brooks · Ruth Brown · Jerry Butler
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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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