COLLECTION · Series · 2017

American Epic

Name: American Epic
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7.2

Travel the country in search of unknown 1920s artists, when the music of ordinary Americans was recorded for the first time, transforming music forever, in a three-part film narrated by Robert Redford, featuring Jack White, Nas, Taj Mahal and others.

Source: TMDB

* 7.2 (4)DocumentaryUnited States

Directors

Bernard MacMahon

Creators

Bernard MacMahon

Countries

United States

Studios

PBS

Age rating

TV-PG

Release

16/05/2017

Score

7.2 / 10 (4)

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

3 episodes · 2017

Episode 1. The Big Bang

2017-05-16 · 57 min

Travel to 1920s Tennessee as the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, and the Memphis Jug Band make their first records with producer Ralph Peer on a revolutionary portable recording machine, creating the first recordings of R&B and country…

Episode 2. Blood and Soil

2017-05-23 · 57 min

Travel to the rural South as Elder Burch, Charley Patton and others record early Delta blues, gospel and protest songs. The Great Flood of 1927 devastates Mississippi River communities, leading to northern migration and Chicago Blues by…

Episode 3. Out of the Many, the One

2017-05-30 · 87 min

Discover how America's diverse cultures contribute to its musical styles: from the Hopi tribe to Hawaii's Joseph Kekuku to Mexican-American Lydia Mendoza and the Cajun Breaux Family. Mississippi John Hurt's blues inspires a generation of…

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