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Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning (1988)

January. 01,1988
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5.5
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Born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Gunning suffered a life of bitter poverty which became the fuel for dozens of moving songs about working people, the mines, and the great coal strikes of the twenties and thirties. In Mimi Pickering's 1988 film, Gunning's a cappella roots music is intercut throughout the interviews and archival footage

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Pete Seeger as
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Actuakers
1988/01/01

One of my all time favorites.

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Cleveronix
1988/01/02

A different way of telling a story

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Chirphymium
1988/01/03

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Roman Sampson
1988/01/04

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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