Woody Guthrie and the Ghost of Tom Joad Today
Directed by Greg Mitchell
Narrated by Roseanne Cash
A Celebration of Woody Guthrie, America’s 250th Birthday, and a benefit for the Rivertown Film Reserve Fund. Proceeds from this event and donations earmarked for the Reserve Fund will be matched up to a total of $10,000 by gift from a private donor.
This is the first preview anywhere for Greg Mitchell’s acclaimed new film, narrated by Rosanne Cash, Woody Guthrie and the Ghost of Tom Joad Today.
Mitchell will present extended clips from this timely film for the first time and join a discussion with Woody’s granddaughter Anna Canoni and Daniel Wolff, author of “Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913.”
Performers include Tom Chapin, The Chapin Sisters, Nyack’s Ukulele Orchestra, The All Together Now Chorus, and a “This Land is Your Land” sing along.
