Bibliograph

The ballad of Ramblin' Jack, Lot 47 Films, Plantain Films presents in association with Crawford Communications, Inc. and Journeyman Pictures ; produced by Aiyana Elliott, Paul Mazey, Dan Partland ; written by Aiyana Elliott & Dick Dahl ; directed by Aiyana Elliott

Type

Label

The ballad of Ramblin' Jack, Lot 47 Films, Plantain Films presents in association with Crawford Communications, Inc. and Journeyman Pictures ; produced by Aiyana Elliott, Paul Mazey, Dan Partland ; written by Aiyana Elliott & Dick Dahl ; directed by Aiyana Elliott

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The ballad of Ramblin' Jack

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

46979934

Responsibility statement

Lot 47 Films, Plantain Films presents in association with Crawford Communications, Inc. and Journeyman Pictures ; produced by Aiyana Elliott, Paul Mazey, Dan Partland ; written by Aiyana Elliott & Dick Dahl ; directed by Aiyana Elliott

Runtime

112

Summary

Looks at the life of Ramblin' Jack Elliott who traveled and sang with Woody Guthrie and became a mentor to Bob Dylan. Jack's duaghter Aiyana had originally wanted to document the her father in action and bring his story to light. However, when she hit the road with him, the focus of the story turned from the roving cowboy's life on the road to the daughter's search for a dad who was rarely at home. This film, shot over a period of two years, contains performances, interviews and archival material including home movies from the Guthrie family's private collection

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Ballad of Rambling Jack