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Title Country: Portraits of An American Sound
Published Gravitas, 2016
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): .flv file, sound
Summary Embark on a visual odyssey through the history of country music as told by legendary artists and captured by elite photographers over 90 years. From the Carter Family to Taylor Swift, the film chronicles country's rise from regional sound to international phenomenon as seen in the evolving image of the country singer—from rhinestone cowboy to pot-smoking outlaw to stadium-filling megastar. The film features never-before-seen photographs, footage and interviews with over 20 artists including Rosanne Cash, Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, LeAnn Rimes, The Band Perry, Tanya Tucker and Keith Urban. Featured imagery and commentary come from Grand Ole Opry photographer Les Leverett, iconic music photographers Henry Diltz and Raeanne Rubenstein, celebrity portraitist Leigh Wiener, documentarian Henry Horenstein, and contemporary shooters David McClister and Michael Wilson
Notes Title from title frames
Film
In Process Record
Performer Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, Kenny Rogers, Lee Ann Womack, Merle Haggard, Rosanne Cash, Tanya Tucker, The Band Perry
Event Originally produced by Gravitas in 2016
Notes In English
Subject Artists.
Music.
Photography.
Documentary films.
Music
Photography
artists (visual artists)
Artists.
Documentary films.
Music.
Photography.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Kochones, Steven, film director
Brooks, Garth, actor
Urban, Keith, actor
Rogers, Kenny, actor
Ann Womack, Lee, actor
Haggard, Merle, actor
Cash, Rosanne, actor
Tucker, Tanya, actor
Band Perry, The, actor
Gravitas Research and Strategy Limited.
Kanopy (Firm)