by Perry Seibert
synopsis
This film documents the careers of the country music legends The Carter Family. Part of the American Experience series, this film utilizes archival footage, photographs that belonged to the descendants of the people documented, and narration by the Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall.
characteristics
- Music-group
- Country-singer
- Country-western
- Country-music
- Appalachia
- Trio
- Bluegrass-music
- Poverty
- Roots-music
- Rurality
- Deprivation
- Great-Depression
- Folk-music
- Archival-footage
- Career-retrospective
