To Hear Your Banjo Play

4.5

Genre: Documentary Music
Run time: 16 min
Premiere: 1947. January 1.

Director: Irving Lerner Willard Van Dyke
Writer: Alan Lomax
Starring: Pete Seeger Woody Guthrie Sonny Terry Brownie McGhee

A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.

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Pete Seeger

Self

Woody Guthrie

Self

Sonny Terry

Self

Brownie McGhee

Self

Camera

Richard Leacock

Director of Photography

Directing

Irving Lerner

Director

Willard Van Dyke

Director

Production

Willard Van Dyke

Producer

Irving Lerner

Producer

Writing

Alan Lomax

Writer

Camera

Richard Leacock

Director of Photography

Directing

Irving Lerner

Director

Willard Van Dyke

Director

Production

Willard Van Dyke

Producer

Irving Lerner

Producer

Writing

Alan Lomax

Writer