To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947 | 16m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Irving Lerner, Willard Van Dyke |
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| Writer: | Alan Lomax |
| Staring: |
| A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1947 |
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| Director: | Irving Lerner, Willard Van Dyke |
| Writer: | Alan Lomax |
| Genres: | Music, Documentary |
| Keywords | banjo, folk music |
| Production Companies | Creative Age Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 07, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Pete Seeger | Self |
| Woody Guthrie | Self |
| Sonny Terry | Self |
| Brownie McGhee | Self |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Alan Lomax | Writer |
| Irving Lerner | Director |
| Richard Leacock | Director of Photography |
| Willard Van Dyke | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Willard Van Dyke | Producer |
| Irving Lerner | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2026 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
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