FF-3301 - AFRO-AMERICAN WORK SONGS IN A TEXAS PRISON

Filmed by Toshi & Pete Seeger at the Ellis Unit of the Dept of Correction, Huntsville with additional commentary by Bruce Jackson and W.D.Alexander. Described as "an unrehearsed recording of prisoners at work in the grounds of the high-security penitentiary where they keep up their work-song tradition, chopping down trees and hoeing in the fields, under the ever watchful eye of the armed horse-mounted guards". Includes I aint going to study war no more (Down by the Riverside) (Gift of Pete Seeger) (B&W 1966/ 28 mins)- Hear the CD: FTX-916

1. Tree chopping #1

2. Commentary #1

3. Tree chopping #2

4. Log chopping

5. Commentary #2

6. Hoeing #1

7. Hoeing #2

8. Log-lifting

9. Pete Seeger

10. Tree chopping #3

 
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