Ronnie Gilbert

Ronnie Gilbert

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Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Title: Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Character: Herself
Released: September 17, 2004
Type: Movie
In September of 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival, the Weavers sang together for possibly the last time.
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Title: Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Character: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (voice)
Released: November 7, 1999
Type: TV
The little-known story of one of the most compelling political movements and friendships in American history.
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Title: The Civil War
Character: Various
Released: September 23, 1990
Type: TV
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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The Congress
Title: The Congress
Character: (voice)
Released: March 19, 1989
Type: Movie
For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful and often touching portrait, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alistair Cooke, Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell and others, the award-winning film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of Congress and, in turn, our country.
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Running on Empty
Title: Running on Empty
Character: Mrs. Taylor
Released: September 9, 1988
Type: Movie
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.
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Crossing Delancey
Title: Crossing Delancey
Character: Mugger #2
Released: August 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor.
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Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Title: Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part travelogue and part hootenanny, it follows the singer's son, Arlo Guthrie, as he retraces his father's steps and collects reminiscences from his father's family, friends and musical partners.
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The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Title: The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group, "The Weavers," and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.
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Isadora
Title: Isadora
Character: Miss Chase
Released: September 14, 1968
Type: Movie
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
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Windflowers
Title: Windflowers
Character: Mother
Released: February 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge.