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Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 310 min.
Season Runtime: 930 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG

American Epic (2017)

Season 1 (May 16, 2017, midnight)

Travel the country in search of unknown 1920s artists, when the music of ordinary Americans was recorded for the first time, transforming music forever, in a three-part film narrated by Robert Redford, featuring Jack White, Nas, Taj Mahal and others.

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American Epic (2017)

Season 1 (May 16, 2017, midnight)

Travel the country in search of unknown 1920s artists, when the music of ordinary Americans was recorded for the first time, transforming music forever, in a three-part film narrated by Robert Redford, featuring Jack White, Nas, Taj Mahal and others.

71
?
IMDb
8.0
/238/
Trakt
63
/8/
TMDb
72
/3/
Bernard MacMahon
Bernard MacMahon
Director
Robert Redford
Robert Redford
Narrator

May 16, 2017, midnight 0.0

S1E1 - The Big Bang

Travel to 1920s Tennessee as the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, and the Memphis Jug Band make their first records with producer Ralph Peer on a revolutionary portable recording machine, creating the first recordings of R&B and country songs.
May 23, 2017, midnight 0.0

S1E2 - Blood and Soil

Travel to the rural South as Elder Burch, Charley Patton and others record early Delta blues, gospel and protest songs. The Great Flood of 1927 devastates Mississippi River communities, leading to northern migration and Chicago Blues by Howlin' Wolf.
May 30, 2017, midnight 0.0

S1E3 - Out of the Many, the One

Discover how America's diverse cultures contribute to its musical styles: from the Hopi tribe to Hawaii's Joseph Kekuku to Mexican-American Lydia Mendoza and the Cajun Breaux Family. Mississippi John Hurt's blues inspires a generation of musicians.
trailer
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 310 min.
Season Runtime: 930 min.
Released: May 15, 2017
Last Air Date: May 30, 2017, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+

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