Give Me the Banjo (2011)

7.2/10 • 90 min • Documentary Music

Overview

The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/multi-media performance, and a website that chronicle the journey of America’s quintessential instrument—the banjo—from its African roots to the 21st century. It’s a collaboration between Emmy-winning writer-producer Marc Fields and banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka (the Project’s Music Director), one of the most acclaimed acoustic musicians of his generation.

Cast

Béla Fleck

Dom Flemons

Rhiannon Giddens

Earl Scruggs

Mike Seeger

Pete Seeger

Tony Trischka

Steve Martin

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