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“Pete Seeger's Legacy” is a program that looks back at Pete Seeger's life and times.
Unlike previous Seeger films, this program not only assesses Seeger's political and social efforts, but shows the effect of those efforts on a wide range of people and, most importantly, upon the rivers and waters of the world.
Among its singular aspects is a sizable segment on Seeger's communism, and how it fit into America of the late '30s and early '40s.
Seeger's son has written that no one, to his knowledge, has ever explored this subject satisfactorily on television or film until now, and that Pete never explored it within his own family.
The film includes over 20 of Pete Seeger’s songs and performances to underlie the story of his activism and the environment-saving work of the sloop Clearwater.
The music ranges from the earliest banjo hoe-downs to Seeger’s political songs.
There is rare video and film footage from performances in Australia and Sweden in the 1960s (when he was still black-listed in the U.S.) to illustrate his enormous scope.
Produced by Christopher Lukas. Distributed by Executive Program Services.
