Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song: Directed by Jim Brown. With Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Bill Clinton, Bob Dylan. Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artist and activist Pete Seeger.

“Just watched this on u0026quot;American Mastersu0026quot; and all Iu0026#39;ve got to say is: What a great documentary on a great man! What a chronicle of Seegeru0026#39;s journey in music and activism from playing and riding with Woody Guthrie to going overseas to getting married to singing first with the Almanacs and then The Weavers to getting blacklisted for his views on the public stage and network television to getting invited on the Smothers Brothers show and being allowed to sing the anti-war song u0026quot;Waist Deep in the Big Muddyu0026quot; to having annual concerts on saving the Hudson River from pollution to getting various awards late in his life (like the presidential medal from Bill Clinton and the Kennedy Center Honors) to just enjoying life, this is one of the most life-affirming and enjoyable music documentaries Iu0026#39;ve ever seen. As another one of his songs goes, u0026quot;To everything turn, turn, turnu0026quot;…indeed!”