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Watch Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison (1966) Online

  • RUNTIME: 0h 29m
  • COUNTRIES: United States of America
  • Subtitles: English

Pete and Toshi Seeger, their son Daniel, and folklorist Bruce Jackson visited a Texas prison in Huntsville in March of 1966 and produced this rare document of of work songs by inmates of the Ellis Unit. Worksongs helped African American prisoners survive the grueling work demanded of them. With mechanization and integration, worksongs like these died out shortly after this film was made. Read More

Watch Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison online. Featuring , Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 1966. Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison was directed by Toshi Seeger. Read Less