Songcatcher [videorecording] / Rigas Entertainment in association with the Independent Film Channel Productions presents an Ergo Arts production, a film by Maggie Greenwald ; producers, Ellen Rigas Venetis, Richard Miller ; writer & director, Maggie Greenwald.

Taj Mahal (Musician) (Added Author). Adams, Jane, 1965- (Added Author). Carroll, Pat, 1927- (Added Author). Chediak, Enrique. (Added Author). Cook, Greg Russell. (Added Author). DeMent, Iris (Added Author). DeMent, Iris. (Added Author). Greenwald, Maggie. (Added Author). Haberle, Stephanie Roth. (Added Author). Kelly, David Patrick. (Added Author). Kerr, E. Katherine. (Added Author). Maimone, Kasia Walicka. (Added Author). Mansfield, David. (Added Author). McTeer, Janet. (Added Author). McTeer, Janet (Added Author). Mikula, Molly. (Added Author). Miller, Richard. (Added Author). Quinn, Aidan, (Added Author). Quinn, Aidan. (Added Author). Reamer, Keith. (Added Author). Rossum, Emmy, 1986- (Added Author). Tongas, Ginger. (Added Author). Venetis, Ellen Rigas. (Added Author). Ergo Arts. (Added Author). Independent Film Channel. (Added Author). Lions Gate Home Entertainment. (Added Author). Rigas Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Trimark Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Pat Carroll, Jane Adams, Greg Russell Cook, Iris DeMent, Stephanie Roth Haberle, David Patrick Kelly, E. Katherine Kerr, Taj Mahal, Emmy Rossum. (Cast).

Summary:

When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily discovers a wellspring of emotional "love songs" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording of them as well, she falls in love with a local musician and is profoundly changed by the generosity, strength, and freedom of the fiercely proud mountain people.

Record details

ISBN: 1588173054
ISBN: 9781588173058
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [United States] : Trimark Home Video : [2001]
Copyright: ©2000

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Enrique Chediak ; art director, Molly Mikula ; editor, Keith Reamer ; original music, David Mansfield ; costume designer, Kasia Walicka Maimone ; production designer, Giner Tongas.
Participant or Performer Note:	Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Pat Carroll, Jane Adams, Greg Russell Cook, Iris DeMent, Stephanie Roth Haberle, David Patrick Kelly, E. Katherine Kerr, Taj Mahal, Emmy Rossum.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.