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WASN'T THAT A TIME (1981) took a winsome look at the seemingly last reunion
of the legendary folk group The Weavers. Nearly two decades later, The
Weavers are surprisingly back - now well into their 70s and 80's, yet as
outspoken as ever at Carnegie Hall, and featuring many of folk music's
leading lights, to honor an unsung American hero: music impresario Harold
Leventhal. A magical evening: that of a family of artists who were never
stymied by hardship, censorship or even generation gaps - to bring an
intoxicating, heart-stirring brew of American history, political chronicles
and powerful music. Certainly no one could have foreseen Pete Seeger, Fred
Hellerman, Ronnie Gilbert and Erik Darling getting together again in 2003
joined by Peter, Paul and Mary, Theodore Bikel, Leon Bibb, Arlo Guthrie,
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger. Then again, no one could have
foreseen the incredible shifts and rifts in American society that have once
again sparked The Weavers' irrepressible spirit of speaking out through
music.
90 minutes.
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