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Director
  
Jim Brown

Executive producer
  
Jim Brown

Country
  
United States

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Narrated by
  
Kris Kristofferson

Genres
  
Documentary, Musical

American Roots Music movie poster

Nominations
  
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Music & Sound

Cast
  
BB King
,
Pete Seeger
,
Bonnie Raitt
,
Arlo Guthrie

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American Roots Music is a 2001 multi-part documentary film that explores the historical roots of American Roots music through footage and performances by the creators of the movement: Folk, Country, Blues, Gospel, Bluegrass, and many others.

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This PBS film series is available as an 'in-class' teaching tool.

Notable musicians that appear in this documentary are:

  • Kris Kristofferson (as narrator)
  • Bonnie Raitt
  • Robbie Robertson
  • Bob Dylan
  • Eddie Vedder
  • Mike Seeger
  • Ricky Skaggs
  • Marty Stuart
  • Rufus Thomas
  • Doc Watson
  • James Cotton
  • Bela Fleck
  • Douglas B. Green
  • Arlo Guthrie
  • Flaco Jiménez
  • B.B. King
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Steven Van Zandt
  • Robert Mirabal
  • Keb' Mo'
  • Willie Nelson
  • Sam Phillips
  • Bernice Johnson Reagon
  • Keith Richards
  • Earl Scruggs
  • Ralph Stanley

    • References

    American Roots Music Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    American Roots Music IMDb American Roots Music themoviedb.org


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