American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America poster

American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America (1990)

Name: American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1990-07-06
Cast: Alan Lomax

First aired July 6, 19901 season · 5 epsEnded

Documentary

Overview

From 1978 to 1985 Alan Lomax traveled the American South and Southwest with a television crew to document regional folklore with deep historical roots. From the resulting 400 hours of footage came the five-program series American Patchwork, which aired on PBS in 1991.