Release Date

16 Aug, 2000

Runtime

01:52: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

After Woody Guthrie and before Bob Dylan came Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She explores who he is and how he got there, working back and forth between archival and contemporary footage. Born in 1932 in Brooklyn, busking through the South and West in the early 50s, a year with Woody Guthrie, six years flatpicking in Europe, a triumphant return to Greenwich Village in the early 60s, mentoring Bob Dylan, then life on the road, from gig to gig, singing and telling stories. A Grammy and the National Medal of Arts await Jack near the end of a long trail. What will Aiyana find for herself?

Original Title

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

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Actors

Jack Elliott

Arlo Guthrie

Kris Kristofferson

Pete Seeger

Odetta

D. A. Pennebaker

Dave Van Ronk

Crew

Aiyana Elliott

Aiyana Elliott

Dan Partland

Susan Littenberg

David Brendel

Cameron Brodie

David Baum

Paul S. Mezey

Hunter Gray

Dicky Dahl

Jesse Crawford

Aiyana Elliott

Aiyana Elliott

Tyler Brodie