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DVD

American epic

Call Number

  • DVD 781.64 A51239 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Narrated by Robert Redford.

Publication Information

Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2017]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (approximately 310 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Added Uniform Title

Arena (Television program)

Summary

From executive producers T Bone Burnett, Robert Redford and Jack White, this is the story of early American recorded music when the musical strands of a nation first combined to spark a cultural renaissance that forever transformed the future of music and the world. Also includes a feature-length film of in-studio sessions, with leading contemporary artists recording early American music on a restored 1920s recording machine.

Notes

Title from container.

"The first time America heard itself"--Container.

Originally broadcast as a three-part documentary series on PBS in 2017.

Contents

  • The big bang
  • Blood & soil
  • Out of the many, the one
  • The American epic sessions.

Subjects