Bernard McMahon is cofounder of Lo-Max Films as well as the
director and writer of the American Epic film series and the
performance feature The American Epic Sessions.
Elijah Wald is a writer and musician whose books include Dylan Goes
Electric!, Escaping the Delta, and How the Beatles Destroyed Rock
'n' Roll. A respected expert on the folk revival, he collaborated
with Dave Van Ronk on The Mayor of MacDougal Street, the
inspiration for the Coen Brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis. His
awards include a 2002 Grammy, and he has taught blues history at
UCLA and lectured widely on American, Mexican, and world music.
“In American Epic we can examine how important the fact is that
when phonograph records were invented, for the first time ever,
women, minorities, poor rural men and even children were given the
opportunity to say whatever they wanted in song, for the whole
world to hear, shockingly without much censorship.”
*Jack White, Executive Producer*
“This is America’s greatest untold story.”
*Robert Redford, Executive Producer*
“These musicians we profile are the real American heroes. They set
out from the darkness with nothing but a guitar on their backs, and
put out their thumbs and conquered the world.”
*T. Bone Burnett, Executive Producer*
"American Epic is the story of one of the great moments in American
history –when the voices of working people, minorities, and rural
people throughout the country were first heard.”
*Bernard MacMahon, Director*
“We traveled the length of America in our quest to discover the
stories of America’s earliest recorded musicians.”
*Allison McGourty, Producer*
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