"Woody Sez": Woody Guthrie, the People's Daily World, and Indigenous Radicalism.

From: California History | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Briley, Ronald | Copyright information

Bound for Glory, director Hal Ashby's 1976 cinematic tribute to Woody Guthrie, concludes with the folksinger departing California for the greener pastures of New York City in early 1940. As he rides a freight train, Guthrie, portrayed by David Carradine, sings "This Land Is Your Land," which he wrote in February 1940. Under the direction of Ashby and the cinematography of Haskell Wexler, the film's conclusion becomes a bicentennial tribute to the resilient spirit of the American pe...

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