简介：PrepareforaneclecticjourneythroughTheOld,WeirdAmerica.RaniSingh'snewdocumentaryfilmtracksthehistoryofHarrySmith'sAnthologyofAmericanFolkMusicfromitsinitialcompilationof78recordsfromruralAmericanatoitsreleaseonFolkwaysRecordsin1952.Instrumentalinhelpinginspiretheurbanfolkrevivalofthe1960s,theAnthologycontinuestoinfluencemodernmusic.AnincrediblesetofintervieweesrevealthelastingimpactoftheAnthologyandtheremarkablepersonalityofHarrySmith.Aftertheboxset'sre-releaseonCDin1997,HalWillner'sHarrySmithProjectconcertscelebratedSmith'sidiosyncraticvision,fromNickCave'scathartictakeonspiritualstoLouReed'smesmerizingevocationofBlindLemonJefferson.Thefilmincludesrarearchivalfootage,performances,andinterviewswithElvisCostello,Beck,SonicYouth,BethOrton,PhilipGlass,DavidJohansen,JohnCohen,GreilMarcus,andmore.Joinusforawildridethrougharemarkablemusicallandscape.…