Pete Seeger
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.
Filmography (70 titles)
MovieNewport and the Great Folk Dream
Self (archive footage) · 2025
MovieDown By The Riverside
2023
8.2Movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage) · 2022
6.6MovieReMastered: The Lion's Share
Himself (archive footage) · 2019
MovieWoody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
Self · 2019
MoviePete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
6.5MovieThe Winding Stream
Self (archive footage) · 2014
7.2MovieFreedom Summer
Self · 2014
MovieBig Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
Self · 2013
7.0MovieGreenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Self · 2013
7.6MoviePalme
Self (archive footage) · 2012
7.2MovieGive Me the Banjo
Self · 2011
6.6MoviePhil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Self · 2011
7.1MovieGasland
Self (archive footage) · 2010
4.6MovieWe Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self · 2009
8.5MovieDown the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
8.1MovieThe Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
Self · 2007
MovieElla Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
Self · 2007
7.0MoviePete Seeger: The Power of Song
Self · 2007
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
MovieWoody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Self · 2006
7.8MovieNo Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self · 2005
7.0MovieIsn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Himself · 2004
3.8MovieBrownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
Self · 2003
4.5MovieSmothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self · 2002
9.0MovieStrange Fruit
Self · 2002
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
Himself · 2001
7.4MovieThe Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Self · 2000
8.0MovieThe Internationale
Self · 2000
8.0MoviePaul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self · 1999