Give Me the Banjo

Name: Give Me the Banjo
Director: Marc Fields
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2011-11-04
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Béla Fleck, Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, Earl Scruggs, Mike Seeger

Directed by Marc Fields

Documentary Music

20111h 30m7.2

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.