Series · Documentary
American Epic (2017)Season 1
★ 7.4 · 5 votes1 season · 4 episodesDocumentary2017
The First Time America Heard Itself
Travel the country in search of unknown 1920s artists, when the music of ordinary Americans was recorded for the first time, transforming music forever, in a three-part film narrated by Robert Redford, featuring Jack White, Nas, Taj Mahal and others.
- Creator
- Bernard MacMahon
- Writers
- Duke Erikson, Allison McGourty, Bernard MacMahon
- Network
- PBS
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- May 16, 2017
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Robert RedfordNarrator (voice)
Taj MahalSelf- Mississippi John HurtSelf (archive footage)
Jack WhiteSelf
NasSelf
Willie NelsonSelf- Lydia MendozaSelf (archive footage)
Episodes
0/4 watched- Episode 1: The Big Bang57 min · May 16, 2017
- Episode 2: Blood and Soil57 min · May 23, 2017
- Episode 3: Out of the Many, the One1 h 27 min · May 30, 2017
- Episode 4: The American Epic Sessions2 h 20 min · Jun 6, 2017
