Man in the Sand (1999)

Original title

Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand

Directed by

Kim Hopkins

Genre

rockumentary

Country

United States of America

Runtime

2h

Rated

APTA

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the life story of folk singer Woody Guthrie and follows the making of albums that set his unrecorded lyrics to new music. It shows musicians Billy Bragg and Wilco working with Guthrie's words to create songs long after his death.

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What happens

Man in the Sand is a 1999 documentary that functions as both a biography of American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie and a chronicle of the creation of the Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue albums (Vol. I (1998), Vol. II (2000), and Vol. III (2012)), which feature songs consisting of previously-unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics set to newly-created music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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