Banjo Tales with Mike Seeger (2012)

Banjo Tales with Mike Seeger (2012, 57 minutes) accompanies the late great old-time master musician Mike Seeger as he interviews and records contemporary southern Appalachian traditional banjo players from Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and West Virginia at their homes. The documentary presents portraits of some 20 diverse old-time musicians playing and speaking at home about the role of this instrument and this music in their culture and their lives.