American Roots Music
Brief Synopsis
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Documentary that traces the development of uniquely American music genres during the 20th century, including blues, country, gospel, bluegrass, Cajun, zydeco, western swing, Tejano and Native American. Archival footage of the pioneers of this music, collected from more than 150 sources throughout th
Cast & Crew
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Jim Brown
Director
Kris Kristofferson
Narration
Arlo Guthrie
Interviewee
Keb Mo
Interviewee
Willie Nelson
Interviewee
Bonnie Raitt
Interviewee
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Music
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Ginger Group Productions
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Documentary that traces the development of uniquely American music genres during the 20th century, including blues, country, gospel, bluegrass, Cajun, zydeco, western swing, Tejano and Native American. Archival footage of the pioneers of this music, collected from more than 150 sources throughout the United States and Europe, is combined with newly filmed performances and interviews with performers and scholars.
Director
Jim Brown
Director
Cast
Kris Kristofferson
Narration
Arlo Guthrie
Interviewee
Keb Mo
Interviewee
Willie Nelson
Interviewee
Bonnie Raitt
Interviewee
Pete Seeger
Interviewee
Ricky Skaggs
Interviewee
Marty Stuart
Interviewee
Rufus Thomas
Interviewee
Crew
Barry Jean Ancelet
Advisor
Phil Arnold
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Dave Babb
Additional Camera
Juan A Barrera
Additional Camera
Wendell Basinger
Additional Camera
Joe Blink
Assistant Editor
Bob Boccaccio
Director Of Photography
Tony Brave
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Jim Brown
Producer
Jim Brown
Executive Producer
Sarah Brown
Production Assistant
Chris Burns
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Robert Cantwell
Advisor
Bill Carrier
Additional Camera
Jordan Chassen
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Matt Coale
Additional Camera
John Cohen
Advisor
Bruce Connors
On-Line Editor
Nicole Craig
Post-Production Supervisor
Nicole Craig
Additional Camera
Sarah Cullen
Associate Producer
Pete Daniel
Advisor
Randy Day
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Bob Del Russo
Additional Camera
Sherwin Dunner
Advisor
Terrence Dupuy
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Angelo Earl
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Darla Elledge
Additional Camera
Jim Farrell
Additional Camera
Bob Fiore
Director Of Photography
Tony Foresta
Additional Camera
Ed Fuentes
Additional Camera
Ray Funk
Advisor
Steve Gassen
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
John Gibson
Additional Camera
Charles Goin
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Chat Gunter
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Peter Guralnick
Advisor
Dennis Hastings
Location Coordinator
Charlotte Heth
Advisor
Perry Hookham
Additional Camera
Tom Hurwitz
Additional Camera
Rick Hutchinson
Additional Camera
Kay Ingram
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Alan Jabbour
Advisor
Kitama Jackson
Intern
Anand Kamalakar
Editor
Beth Katz
Publicist (Dan Klores Communications)
Paul Kingsbury
Advisor
Randall La Brea
Location Coordinator
Dave Landry
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Jim Lenertz
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Garrett Levin
Editor
Leon Litwack
Advisor
Bess Lomax Hawes
Advisor
Bill Malone
Advisor
Chris Mara
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Glen Marullo
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Molly Mcbride
Unit Manager
Jeffrey Mclaughlin
On-Line Editor
Danny Meltzer
Assistant Editor
Nancy Meyer
Additional Music Clearances
Jill Meyers
Additional Music Clearances
Barbara Miller
Development
Barbara Miller
Researcher
William Hank Miller
Assistant Editor
Michael Mulvey
Additional Camera
Sarah Nordlund
Additional Music Clearances
Kevin O'harrow
Additional Camera
David Owens
Additional Camera
Manuel Pena
Advisor
John Perry
Additional Camera
Paul Petrissans
Editor
Peter Pilafian
Director Of Photography
Sam Pollard
Senior Editor
Sam Pollard
Producer
John Pope
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Richard Ramsauer
On-Line Editor
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Advisor
Rae Ann Red Owl
Location Coordinator
Chris Reifeiss
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Bob Riesman
Location Coordinator
Ed Riley
Additional Camera
Elizabeth Rohrbaugh
Unit Manager
Jeff Rosen
Producer
Dave Rusell
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Patricia Saldivar
Location Coordinator
Robert Santelli
Advisor
Ann Allen Savoy
Advisor
Larry Scharf
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Rachel Schneider
Unit Manager
Anthony Seeger
Advisor
Pete Seeger
Advisor
Toshi Seeger
Advisor
Dan Sheehy
Advisor
Bobby Shepherd
Additional Camera
Mike Shore
On-Line Editor
Alan Silverman
Multi-Track Mixer
John Simson
Chief Counsel
John Simson
Music Clearance Supervisor
Tom Small
Additional Camera
Tom Snell
Additional Camera
Elizabeth Snider
Production Manager
Terry Stewart
Advisor
Diana Taylor
Additional Camera
The Edge
Advisor
Bob Tuccillo
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Al Tucker
Accountant
Hans Van Der Bold
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Gannon Wallach
Assistant Editor
James Williams
Multi-Track Engineer/ Sound Recordist
Jeff Wolf
Additional Camera
Charles Wolfe
Advisor
Charles Wolfe
Writer
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Music
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Ginger Group Productions
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
