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“Lomax the Songhunter” Premieres Tuesday, August 22 at 10 PM

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Alan Lomax was "the song hunter." He devoted his life to
recording the world's folk tunes before they would permanently
disappear with the rise of the modern music industry. In "Lomax
the Songhunter," filmmaker Rogier Kappers seeks to tell
Lomax's story by interviewing friends such as Pete Seeger,
combining it with archival recordings of music greats Woody
Guthrie and Leadbelly, and gathering footage of the cotton
fields, rock quarries and prisons where Alan Lomax captured
America's quintessential music. Finally, Kappers follows the
route that Lomax took so many years ago, traveling around
Europe in an old Volkswagen to remote villages in Spain and
Italy, hearing memories and music from the farmers, shepherds
and weavers whose songs Lomax recorded decades earlier.

The “Lomax the Songhunter” companion website offers
exclusive streaming video clips from the film and a wealth
of additional resources, including a Q&A with Rogier Kappers,
opportunities for viewers to “talk back” and talk to each other
about the film, and the following special features:

ADDITIONAL SCENES
BOOK EXCERPT
IN DEPTH
PLAYLIST
Alan Lomax Radio

For more information about the film, visit the MediaRights.org film database: mediarights.org/film/lomax_the_songhunter.php