Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

Overview

Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." The music of the folk singer/songwriter has been recorded by everyone from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to U2. Originally blowing out of the Dust Bowl in Depression-era America, he blended vernacular, rural music and populism to give voice to millions of downtrodden citizens. Guthrie's music was politically leftist, uniquely patriotic and always inspirational.

Directed by Peter Frumkin

Top cast

Woody Guthrie

Self (archive footage)

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice)

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Rick Sharp

Woody Guthrie

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Chad Fifer

Alan Lomax

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Richard Brown

Moe Asch

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Peter Mark Joliat

Cisco Houston

Alan Lomax

Archival Footage

Pete Seeger

Self

Bruce Springsteen

Self

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Bess Hawes

Self

Lead Belly

Self (archive footage)

Details