Dreadful memories : the life of Sarah Ogan Gunning 1910-1983 / produced, directed, and edited by Mimi Pickering [with six others] ; produced and distributed by Appalshop Films.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pickering, Mimi, director, producer, editor of moving image work.

Appalshop, Inc., publisher, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gunning, Sarah Ogan, 1910-1983.

Gunning, Sarah Ogan.

Women folk musicians--Kentucky--Biography.

Women folk musicians.

Women political activists--Kentucky--Biography.

Women political activists.

Folk musicians--Kentucky--Biography.

Folk musicians.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Biographical films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (39 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Whitesburg, KY : Appalshop Inc., 1988.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

For decades Sarah Ogan Gunning wrote and performed hauntingly beautiful ballads about the lives of the working people. Born in the Eastern Kentucky coalfields in 1910, Gunning lived through the organizing drives, coal mine strikes, and bitter poverty of the 1920s and '30s. This program intercuts rare documentary film clips and photographs of early mining life with Sarah's most affecting songs, including when she sings: "I hate the capitalist system / I'll tell you the reason why / They cause me so much suffering / And my dearest friends to die."

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 22, 2025).

OCLC:

1544908476