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Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story (1996)

September. 26,1996

5.5

| Documentary Music

Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New York stage. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and her family and friends in Eastern Kentucky are among those interviewed. A 1996 KET production.

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Jean Ritchie as

Arlo Guthrie as

[2012] Radio Unnameable [2007] Pete Seeger: The Power of Song [2005] Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand [2004] Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal [2000] The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack [1992] Roadside Prophets

Emmylou Harris as

[2022] Sheryl [2021] Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music [2019] Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice [2018] Elvis Presley: The Searcher [2018] The King [2017] A Nashville Christmas

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Reviews

Sexyloutak

1996/09/26

Absolutely the worst movie.

Dynamixor

1996/09/27

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Taraparain

1996/09/28

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Brainsbell

1996/09/29

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.