Odetta

Odetta

Born: December 31, 1930
Died: December 2, 2008
in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Movies for Odetta...

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Title: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 23, 2021
Type: Movie
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry characters to the classic songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed the world.
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
Title: Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2019
Type: Movie
In 1970, three years following his death from Huntington’s disease, an all-star cast of musicians gathered at Los Angeles, CA’s Hollywood Bowl to pay homage to iconic folk songwriter Woody Guthrie. Although the concert was a one-night-only event , four-time Emmy Award-winner Jim Brown filmed the historic Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970, which included performances by Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Richie Havens, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Earl Robinson, and The Band, along with narration by actors Will Geer and Peter Fonda.
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Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Title: Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Character: (archival)
Released: January 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Explores the music scene in Greenwich Village, New York in the '60s and early '70s. The film highlights some of the finest singer/songwriters of the day.
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Blues Divas
Title: Blues Divas
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 2005
Type: Movie
A documentary featuring live performance footage and interviews with eight contemporary female blues' artists including Mavis Staples, Denise LaSalle, Irma Thomas, Odetta, Deborah Coleman, Bettye LaVette, Ann Peebles and Renee Austin.
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The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Title: The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Character: Self
Released: August 16, 2000
Type: Movie
With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She explores who he is and how he got there, working back and forth between archival and contemporary footage. Born in 1932 in Brooklyn, busking through the South and West in the early 50s, a year with Woody Guthrie, six years flatpicking in Europe, a triumphant return to Greenwich Village in the early 60s, mentoring Bob Dylan, then life on the road, from gig to gig, singing and telling stories. A Grammy and the National Medal of Arts await Jack near the end of a long trail. What will Aiyana find for herself?
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Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith
Title: Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 1999
Type: Movie
An Evening With Nanci Griffith and The Blue Moon Orchestra filmed at the Armadillo in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 26 & 27, 1998.
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Title: Classic Albums
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 14, 1997
Type: TV
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
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Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
Title: Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
Nanci Griffith performs her Grammy Award winning album "Other Voices, Other Rooms" live at Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas on April 28th, 1993 with special guests including Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Odetta, John Prine, Guy Clark, Iris DeMent, and many more.
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Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Title: Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Character: Self
Released: October 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Documentary about the Yale Puppeteers. A bit eccentric, certainly off beat and creative, the puppeteers and their story - as well as their place in history - is meticulously documented and tugs at the heartstrings.
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Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
Title: Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
Character: Self
Released: July 9, 1977
Type: Movie
A tribute concert honoring the life of legendary folksinger Phil Ochs recorded at the Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum in 1976.
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Title: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Character: Big Laura
Released: January 31, 1974
Type: Movie
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
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Sanctuary
Title: Sanctuary
Character: Nancy Mannigoe
Released: April 18, 1961
Type: Movie
In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake's infant child. Temple, the daughter of the governor, pleads with her father to exonerate Nancy of the charges, explaining that Nancy acted in haste to prevent her from resuming her affair with a roguish Cajun called Candy Man. Details of Temple's sordid past are uncovered as she begs mercy for her faithful servant.
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Title: Have Gun, Will Travel
Released: September 14, 1957
Type: TV
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.