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Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert For Harold Leventhal

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Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert For Harold Leventhal (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 10

Fresh: 10

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 7.7/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Dec 9, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: 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... 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. --© 7th Art Releasing [More]

Starring: Weavers, Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Noel Paul Stookey

Starring: Weavers, Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Noel Paul Stookey, Pete Seeger

Director: Jim Brown

Director: Jim Brown
Studio: 7th Art Releasing

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04/16/09
Eddie Cockrell
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An alternately invigorating, intoxicating, nostalgic and uplifting testament to the intrepid activists of a bygone era when Americans felt much more comfortable challenging authority.

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05/07/07
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine

Both heartwarming and historically vital.

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03/01/07
Eric Monder
Film Journal International

If feelings stir within you when you hear 'Goodnight, Irene' and 'Wimoweh' and 'This Land Is Your Land' and 'If I Had a Hammer' and 'Midnight Special' and 'Rock Island Line,' then the Weavers are a part of you.

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02/02/06
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Jim Brown's touching documentary is about folk musicians who organized and performed a Thanksgiving 2003 tribute concert to the distinguished manager and promoter who launched their careers.

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12/09/05
Laura Kern
New York Times
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There's no mocking the determination of these time-tempered artists, who reminisce about the past and worry about the future: It's clear that they'll go to their graves singing out against the world's wrongs.

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12/09/05
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Leventhal, who died two months ago, couldn't have asked for a better memorial than Isn't This a Time!

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12/09/05
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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Any opportunity to see Pete Seeger perform, even at age 85, is worth taking -- and Seeger is front, center and full-throated in Jim Brown's concert film.

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12/09/05
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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A pleasant concert documentary.

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12/09/05
Phil Hall
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It's impossible not to be moved by the Weavers.

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12/06/05
Josh Goldfein
Village Voice
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It's a jamboree of good music and good feelings.

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12/01/05
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
 
 
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