Odetta
Also Known As: Odetta Holmes
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: December 31, 1930
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: December 02, 2008
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Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith
Overview: 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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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-14
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Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
Overview: 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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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-31
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-23
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The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Overview: 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?
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-16
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Sanctuary
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-18
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Blues Divas
Overview: 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.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-22
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Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-18
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-31
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
Overview: 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.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-01
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Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
Overview: A tribute concert honoring the life of legendary folksinger Phil Ochs recorded at the Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum in 1976.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-07-09
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Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-25
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