DVD

American epic / a production of BBC Arena, Lo-Max Films Ltd., Wildwood Enterprises, and Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET ; directed by Bernard MacMahon ; story by Bernard MacMahon & Allison McGourty & Duke Erikson ; telescript by William Morgan ; produced by Allison McGourty, Bernard MacMahon, Duke Erikson ; producer, Bill Holderman ; producer, Adam Block.

MacMahon, Bernard, 1970- (television director,, screenwriter,, television producer.). McGourty, Allison, (screenwriter,, television producer.). Erikson, Duke, 1951- (screenwriter,, television producer.). Morgan, William (Television writer), (screenwriter.). Holderman, Bill, (television producer.). Block, Adam (Producer), (television producer.). Redford, Robert, (narrator.). Lo-Max Films Ltd., (production company.). Wildwood Enterprises, (production company.). Thirteen Productions, (production company.). WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), (broadcaster.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (broadcaster.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781627894715
ISBN: 1627894713
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (310 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Narrator, Robert Redford.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; uncompressed theatrical mono mix.
Language Note:	English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).