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Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
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Wikipedia article
'Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison' is a 1966 American film directed by Toshi Seeger, a specialist in films focusing on folk music. The film explores inmates in the U.S. state of Texas as they chop down trees while singing songs derived from those used by African American slaves, such as field hollers.
'Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison' has been archived and preserved by the Library of Congress.
The complete film is streaming on Folkstreams.
See also
*List of American films of 1966
References
Category:1966 films
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:African-American films
Category:1966 documentary films
Category:American documentary films
Category:Documentary films about music and musicians
Category:Documentary films about African Americans
Category:Documentary films about incarceration in the United States
Category:Films shot in Texas
Category:American short documentary films
Category:African-American history of Texas
Category:1960s American films
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