Synopsis
The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/multi-media performance, and a website that chronicle the journey of America’s quintessential instrument—the banjo—from its African roots to the 21st century. It’s a collaboration between Emmy-winning writer-producer Marc Fields and banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka (the Project’s Music Director), one of the most acclaimed acoustic musicians of his generation.
Give Me the Banjo (2011) is a 1h 30min documentary feature film by Marc Fields. The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/multi-media perform... Selected for Raindance Film Festival (2012).
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Festival History
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | United States | November 4, 2011 |
Full credits
| Director | Marc Fields |
| Cast | Béla Fleck (Self), Dom Flemons (Self), Rhiannon Giddens (Self), Earl Scruggs (Self), Mike Seeger (Self), Pete Seeger (Self), Tony Trischka (Self), Steve Martin (Self) |
| Producer | Shaun Clarke, Tony Trischka |
| Executive producer | Marc Fields, Michael Kantor |
| Cinematography | Bruce Petschek |
Identifiers & sources
| IMDb | tt1930344 |
| TMDB | 109511 |
Additional data: TMDB.
