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  • 2007
  • PG
  • The Weinstein Company
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • The Weinstein Company
  • 1 h 33 m
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Summary Pete Seeger was the architect of the folk revival, writing some of its best known songs including "Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” "Turn, Turn, Turn” and "If I Had A Hammer." Largely misunderstood by his critics, including the US government, for his views on peace, unionism, civil rights and ecology, Seeger was targeted by the communis...

Directed By: Jim Brown

  • 2007
  • PG
  • The Weinstein Company
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • The Weinstein Company
  • 1 h 33 m

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

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Summary Pete Seeger was the architect of the folk revival, writing some of its best known songs including "Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” "Turn, Turn, Turn” and "If I Had A Hammer." Largely misunderstood by his critics, including the US government, for his views on peace, unionism, civil rights and ecology, Seeger was targeted by the communis...

Directed By: Jim Brown

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Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
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8% Mixed
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Between clips of the concerts Seeger staged as hootenanny hosannas, the film chronicles how the blacklisted star stuck true to his beliefs -- which were more patriotic than those of his accusers.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
100
As certain to get auds singing as the man himself, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song is a terrific, multilayered portrait of a singer whose legacy extends beyond music and into every major social action movement since the 1940s. Always enjoyable, this docu proves that a few rare people actually deserve the hagiography treatment.
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89
More than an appreciation, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song is an inspiration.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
75
It's a tribute to both the subject and his biographer that this story of one man's experience is also a vital chronicle of the times in which he's lived.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
75
So there's a hole at the center of "Pete Seeger" that the movie fills with loving remembrances, testimonials, and new interview footage of the singer at his hand-built cabin in upstate New York.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
70
As the latest tribute -- Jim Brown’s loving documentary, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song -- makes clear, he’s still busy, still angry, still hopeful, still singing.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
60
Shallow, very officially sanctioned, and overly compressed, The Power of Song plays like a PBS infomercial for the inevitable DVD box set, which will surely include even more archival footage.
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Production Company Shangri-La Entertainment
Release Date Sep 14, 2007
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating PG
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Tagline Musician. Patriot. Activist. Environmentalist. Blacklisted. Legend.
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