American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

tv show

poster for American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

5 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired July 06, 1990

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.