Product Details

• Actors: Joan Baez, Ronnie Gilbert, Tom Paxton, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Smothers
• Directors: Jim Brown
• Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Genius Products (Ingram)
• DVD Release Date: August 5, 2008
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0018PH3OC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,890 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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PETE SEEGER:POWER OF SONG - DVD Movie

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59 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible..., October 21, 2007

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Wild Rose (iowa) - See all my reviews

This is an incredible, must-see movie that rekindled my love for the music of pete seeger and painted a beautiful portrait of his amazing life and legacy. This movie is about an individual artist, but even more a living example of the power of music generally to evoke change. We need people like Pete Seeger more than ever.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Light and Inspiring, February 16, 2008

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Pam McDonald (Simsbury, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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The life of Pete Seeger, as folk musician, McCarthy-era blacklisted performer, Clearwater initiatiator (cleaning up the Hudson River "when they said it couldn't be done"), and patriot ... Left me feeling inspired and joyful, and thinking that all the world needs is a little citizenship, focus, and a passion for fun. Whether you agree with his opinions or not, his integrity shines brightly.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Freedom, Justice, and Independence, June 1, 2008

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tjcrewsbooks (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (DVD)

If you ask anyone to make a list of five American Ideals, most likely Freedom, Justice, and Independence will be there.
It seems the fight to preserve those Ideals and make sure American Ideals can apply to all Americans has always been a struggle.
Watching Pete Seeger/The Power of Song, I learned what a difference we can make when we band together, walk together, and sing together.
We all want our freedom, we all want our independence, and we desire justice.
The ironic thing is, sometimes we have to band together with our neighbors (whom we may not even know) to collectively voice our concerns and causes to preserve our liberties, freedoms, and independence.
Pete Seeger has helped people sing together all of his life. When he helped people sing for Unions, he helped the struggle for personal economic independence through better wages and benefits for workers.
When Pete Seeger helped people sing together during the Civil Rights Movement, he helped in the struggle against racial discrimination, and the struggle to gain personal freedom, justice, and independence for all Americans.
When Pete Seeger helped people sing together and band together for the common good, the Hudson River was made clean again.
Pete Seeger was blacklisted from commercial television for 17 years. In those 17 years, our own freedoms and justice were comprimised. Thank you, Tom and Dick Smothers, for helping to set things right.
There are some great clips of Seeger being honored at the Kennedy Center for his Lifetime Achiement Award, in 1994.

This is an excellent program. We may appreciate, not underestimate, the power of song.