Folk America Birth of a Nation (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Folk America

Birth of a Nation (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

Three-part documentary series on American folk music, tracing its history from the recording boom of the 1920s to the folk revival of the 1960s.

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Bernard Hill Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Cecil Brown Self Self See fewer	Contraband (2012)
Slim Bryant Self Self See fewer	Folk America (2009)
John Cohen Self Self See fewer	Cold Mountain (2003)
John Doubler Self Self See fewer	Folk America (2009)
Mary Doubler Self Self See fewer	Folk America (2009)
Steve Earle Self Self See fewer	The Wire (2002)
Honeyboy Edwards Self (as David 'Honeyboy' Edwards) Self (as David 'Honeyboy' Edwards) See fewer	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Rita Forrester Self Self See fewer	The Music We Call Country
Roni Stoneman Hemrick Self (as Roni Stoneman) Self (as Roni Stoneman) See fewer	W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)
Mary Hurt Wright Self Self See fewer	Folk America (2009)
Curtis Jefferson Self (as Rev Curtis Jefferson) Self (as Rev Curtis Jefferson) See fewer	Folk America (2009)
Doug Jefferson Self Self See fewer	Folk America (2009)
Wade Mainer Self Self See fewer	Folk America (2009)
Tom Paley Self Self See fewer	Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
Tom Paxton Self Self See fewer	Demolition Man (1993)
Ralph Peer Self (as Ralph Peer II) Self (as Ralph Peer II) See fewer	Folk America (2009)
Kinney Rorrer Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Give Me the Banjo (2011)
John Sebastian Self Self See fewer	The Postman (1997)
Mike Seeger Self Self See fewer	Talking Feet (1987)
Donna Stoneman Self Self See fewer	The Road to Nashville (1967)
Patsy Stoneman Self Self See fewer	Hee Haw (1969)
George Underwood Self Self See fewer	Folk America (2009)
Whistler & His Jug Band Themselves (archive footage) (as Whistler's Jug Band) Themselves (archive footage) (as Whistler's Jug Band) See fewer