Songcatcher
Greenwald, Maggie
Songcatcher Rigas Entertainment in association with the Independent Film Channel Productions presents an Ergo Arts production|a film by Maggie Greenwald|producers, Ellen Rigas Venetis, Richard Miller|writer & director, Maggie Greenwald - 1 videocassette (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
MPAA rating: PG-13 Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired English Winner Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize, outstanding ensemble performance
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a well spring of emotional ""love songs"" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording of them as well, she is profoundly changed by the generosity, strength and freedom of the fiercely proud mountain people.
1588173011
Musicologists- Drama
Feature films
Mountain whites (Southern states)- Songs and musics- Drama
Video recordings
VID
Songcatcher Rigas Entertainment in association with the Independent Film Channel Productions presents an Ergo Arts production|a film by Maggie Greenwald|producers, Ellen Rigas Venetis, Richard Miller|writer & director, Maggie Greenwald - 1 videocassette (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
MPAA rating: PG-13 Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired English Winner Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize, outstanding ensemble performance
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a well spring of emotional ""love songs"" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording of them as well, she is profoundly changed by the generosity, strength and freedom of the fiercely proud mountain people.
1588173011
Musicologists- Drama
Feature films
Mountain whites (Southern states)- Songs and musics- Drama
Video recordings
VID