American Epic (film series)
2017
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Episode Guide
- 4. Sessions Jun 1, 2017
- Contemporary artists use equipment from the 1920s to record music.
- 3. Out of the Many, the One May 30, 2017
- America's diverse cultures contribute to its musical styles; Mississippi John Hurt.
- 2. Blood and Soil May 23, 2017
- Charley Patton and Elder Burch record Delta blues, gospel music and protest songs in the South.
Educational program. American Epic is a documentary media franchise based upon the first recordings of roots music in the United States during the 1920s and their cultural, social and technological impact on North America and the world. The franchise comprises a three-part award-winning documentary film series directed by Bernard MacMahon, a ...
American Epic is an award-winning 3-part documentary series about the first recordings of rural music in the U.S.A. and their cultural, social and technological impact on the world.
American Epic is a journey through American history, geography, and cultures—very much in the plural. In the 1920s, record companies sent scouts around the United States looking for regional and ethnic music that would expand their markets beyond the urban mainstream.
AMERICAN EPIC is that project – a documentary series that gives us an amazing narrative of cultural enterprise and creative energy, touching on deep American history – and a recording sessions...
American Epic is a documentary film series about the first recordings of roots music in the United States during the 1920s and their cultural, social and technological impact on North America and the world.
No.Title [22]Original Air Date1" The Big Bang "May 16, 2017 ( 2017-05-16) [22]2" Blood and Soil "May 23, 2017 ( 2017-05-23) [22]3" Out of the Many, the One "May 30, 2017 ( 2017-05-30) [22]- Bernard MacMahon, Duke Erikson
- May 16, 2017
- Allison McGourty, Duke Erikson, Bernard MacMahon
- Bernard MacMahon
American Epic: With Taj Mahal, Robert Redford, Jack White, Nas. At the height of the Roaring Twenties, music scouts set out across America to capture the breadth of American music and discovered the artists that would shape our world.
Go inside one of the greatest-ever untold stories: how the ordinary people of America were given the opportunity to make records for the first time. Premiered May 16 - 30, 2017.
