Jim Brown
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Jim Brown is a four-time Emmy Award winning American director/producer known primarily for his work in musical documentaries. He heads Jim Brown Productions, LLC and Ginger Group Productions, Inc. He specializes in social, cultural and musical documentaries with an emphasis on how the power of music can create change. He has one of the largest archives of American folk and roots music from the last 4 decades of his life's work. Brown is a recently retired professor at New York University's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at Tisch School of the Arts. He taught at New York University for 35+years. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and a retired member of the International Cinematographers Guild. Brown is also an avid hiker, skier and loves gardening, filmmaking and photography.
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We Shall Overcome (1989)
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The Singing Kettle: World Tour (1994)
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Free to Rock (2017)
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Mostly Sondheim (2003)
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 (2019)
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The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1982)
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In the Hank Williams Tradition (1989)
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Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984)
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The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End (2016)
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Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives (2019)
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Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia (2014)
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A Royal Grand Design (2022)
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A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (1988)
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Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On (2004)
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Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004)
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