Pete Seeger
Biography
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
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Down By The Riverside
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
as Self (archive footage)
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
2019
as Himself (archive footage)
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019
as Self
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
The Winding Stream
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Freedom Summer
2014
as Self
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
2013
as Self
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
as Self
Palme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Give Me the Banjo
2011
as Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011
as Self
Gasland
2010
as Self (archive footage)
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007
as Self
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
2007
as Self
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
as Self
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Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
as Self
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
as Self
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004
as Himself
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003
as Self