Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

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1988-01-01

Born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Gunning suffered a life of bitter poverty which became the fuel for dozens of moving songs about working people, the mines, and the great coal strikes of the twenties and thirties. In Mimi Pickering's 1988 film, Gunning's a cappella roots music is intercut throughout the interviews and archival footage

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Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

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Born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Gunning suffered a life of bitter poverty which became the fuel for dozens of moving songs about working people, the mines, and the great coal strikes of the twenties and thirties. In Mimi Pickering's 1988 film, Gunning's a cappella roots music is intercut throughout the interviews and archival footage

Released

1988-01-01

Runtime

38

Director

Mimi Pickering

Budget

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Revenue

$0

Genres

Music

Documentary

Language

English

Production

Folkstreams.

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    Sarah Ogan Gunning

    Sarah Ogan Gunning
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    Pete Seeger

    Pete Seeger