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PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG
(DOCU)
A Concert Promotions Intl. presentation of a Jim Brown Prods, production. Produced by Brown, Michael Cohl, William Eigen. Executive producers, Norman Lear, Toshi Seeger.
Directed by Jim Brown. Camera (color/B&W, HD), Brown, Tom Hurwitz, Bobby Shepard; editors, Sam Pollard, Jason L. Pollard; sound editor, Allan Zaleski; line producers, Sarah Cullen, Nicole Craig; associate producer, Kitama Jackson. Reviewed at Tribeca Film Festival (Spotlight), April 30, 2007. Running time: 91 MIN.
With: Pete Seeger, Toshi Seeger, Bob Dylan, Natalie Maines, Tom Paxton, Bruce Springsteen, David Dunaway, Bess Lomax Hawes, Joan Baez, Ronnie Gilbert, Jerry Silverman, Henry Foner, Eric Weissberg, Arlo Guthrie, Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Julian Bond, Tommy Smothers, Bonnie Raitt.
By JAY WEISSBERG
As certain to get auds singing as the man himself, "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song" is a terrific, multilayered portrait of a singer whose legacy extends beyond music and into every major social action movement since me 1940s. Wim unprecedented access to family and colleagues - even Bob Dylan appears - helmer Jim Brown follows Seeger's career from the hit...