The Ballad of Ramblin Jack (2000)

Movie"After Woody Guthrie and before Bob Dylan came Ramblin Jack Elliott"
Audience Score
63
With the help of her mother family friends and fellow musicians Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father legendary cowboy troubadour Ramblin Jack Elliott She explores who he is and how he got there working back and forth between archival and contemporary footage Born in 1932 in Brooklyn busking through the South and West in the early 50s a year with Woody Guthrie six years flatpicking in Europe a triumphant return to Greenwich Village in the early 60s mentoring Bob Dylan then life on the road from gig to gig singing and telling stories A Grammy and the National Medal of Arts await Jack near the end of a long trail What will Aiyana find for herself
DirectorAiyana Elliott
WritersAiyana ElliottDicky Dahl

Movie Details

On DVD & Blu-ray:May 8th, 2001 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Hunter Gray, Tyler Brodie, Jesse Crawford
Production Companies:Crawford Communications Journeyman Pictures Plantain Films Verisimilitude