Emmylou HarrisFilmography

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

Actors: Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, Philip Glass, Bob Neuwirth

Synopsis: Few musical archivists have worked as tirelessly to preserve American folk music as Harry Smith, and with this documentary filmmaker Rani Singh offers an illuminating look at the lasting impact of Smith's landmark release {^Anthology of American Folk Music}. Originally released as a compilation of Read More

Farm Aid: 20th Anniversary Concert

Actors: Kate Voegele, Shannon Brown, The Supersuckers, Arlo Guthrie, Buddy Guy

Synopsis: This concert film captures the highlights of the 2007 Farm Aid Music festival, which marked the fundraiser's 20th anniversary. Some of the featured performers in the release include Emmylou Harris, Wilco, Widespread Panic, John Mellencamp, and more. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Actors: Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Ben Keith, Spooner Oldham, Rick Rosas

Synopsis: In the fall of 2005, Neil Young returned to the sound and style of his iconic 1972 album {^Harvest} with {^Prairie Wind}, a set of ten songs which look to America's past and future accompanied by sweet but rough-hewn country-rock. The album was written and recorded after Young was diagnosed with a Read More

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt

Synopsis: The celebrated singer and songwriter Steve Earle once said "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." Earle was hardly the only artist of note who loved Van Zandt's poetic, elliptical songs of love and Read More

Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel

Actors: Gram Parsons, Keith Richards, Emmylou Harris, Bernie Leadon, Peter Buck

Synopsis: Gandulf Hennig directs this documentary about country-rock musician Gram Parsons, as told through heavy use of archival footage as well as the still photographs provided by Parsons' friends and family. Parsons was an influential musician as a member of the Flying Burrito Brothers as well as The Byrds Read More

Soundstage: Farm Aid 2003

Actors: Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Crazy Horse, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, Brooks & Dunn, Emmylou Harris, Los Lonely Boys, Hootie & the Blowfish, Billy Bob Thornton, Trick Pony

Down from the Mountain

Actors: John Hartford, Ralph Stantley, Terry Bulger, T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen

Synopsis: For their film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, set in the American South during the 1930s, filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen collaborated with musician, songwriter, and producer T-Bone Burnett to compile a score that reflected the rich variety of musical influences of the rural South during the Read More

The Band: Authorized Video Biography

Synopsis: Harry Dean Stanton narrates this documentary that takes a look at the career of the musical group the Band. The group emerged in the late 1960s and their musical style was something new for the times -- a style that went beyond the psychedelic musical movement of the 60's. Go behind the scenes and Read More

Kennedy Center Presents: The Irish Gala

Synopsis: Hosted by actress Anjelica Huston and author Frank McCourt, Kennedy Center Presents: The Irish Gala is a celebration of Irish and Irish-American music, dance, and culture. The 90-minute program features performances by the following artists: Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Carlos Read More

Great Streets: Edinburgh's Royal Mile with Emmylou Harris

Synopsis: Part of the Great Streets series, a series that celebrates the cultural significance of avenues, boulevards, and roads the world over, Edinburgh's Royal Mile captures the essence of Scotland's best-known street. An overview of the history of this street introduces viewers to a world chock-full of Read More

Willie Nelson: Teatro

Actors: Willie Nelson

Synopsis: Country music legend Willie Nelson performs in this short film by director Wim Wenders, a film largely inspired by the Nelson album of the same name. Along with the man himself, such musical luminaries as Emmylou Harris and Daniel Lanois make credited appearances. ~ Rob Ferrier, All Movie Guide Read More

Emmylou Harris: Spyboy - Live from the Legendary Exit

Synopsis: This concert film features country legend Emmylou Harris performing ten songs from every era of her lengthy career. With the help of her ace backing band (Buddy Miller, Daryl Johnson, and Brady Blade) Harris delivers the goods on songs as diverse as "Born to Run," "My Songbird," "Love Hurts," Read More

The Best of Sessions at West 54th, Vol. 1

Synopsis: Sessions At West 54th is an acclaimed PBS series that features some of the finest artists in contemporary pop music performing live in an intimate setting. This video features highlights from the show's first season, including performances by Suzanne Vega, Emmylou Harris, Patti Smith, Wynton Marsalis Read More

Country's First Ladies

Synopsis: This video combines the music and biographies of some of the best-loved women in country music. The viewer learns the life events and lessons that deeply affected these famous country singers and their music. Interviews with Emmylou Harris, k.d. lang, Kathy Mattea, Patty Loveless, and Lorrie Morgan Read More

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

Actors: Bill Monroe

Synopsis: Bill Monroe was inarguably the single most important and influential figure in the history of bluegrass music. Fusing the fiddle and madolin sounds of the Eastern Kentucky Hills with the guitars of rural blues and adding a streamlined speed and emotional passion to the music, Monroe was truly the Read More

Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers at the Ryman

The Oak Ridge Boys with Emmylou Harris in Concert

Country Music Video Magazine, Vol. 2

In the Hank Williams Tradition

Synopsis: Top country stars pay tribute to the "King of Country Music," Hank Williams, in this film In the Hank Williams Tradition. Through interviews with Minnie Pearl and Roy Acuff, who both knew him personally, a portrait of Williams emerges. Host Dwight Yoakam offers glimpses into the life of the famous Read More

Young Country

Baja Oklahoma

Actors: Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Coyote, Swoosie Kurtz, Billy Vera, Anthony Zerbe

Synopsis: Based on a 1983 novel by Dan Jenkins, Baja Oklahoma is set sometime in the 1950s. Texas barmaid Lesley Ann Warren wants more than anything to be a rich and famous country-western songwriter. Unfortunately, she spends most of her time sorting out her many dead-end romances. Just when she thinks Read More

Chet Atkins and Friends: Music from the Heart

Country Love Songs

The Other Side of Nashville

Honeysuckle Rose

Actors: Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving, Slim Pickens, Joey Floyd

Synopsis: After displaying his easygoing charm in a number of television appearances and a showy supporting role in The Electric Horseman, Willie Nelson scored his first leading role in this romantic comedy-drama in which he (appropriately enough) plays a musician. Buck Bonham (Nelson) is a country Read More

The Last Waltz

Actors: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Neil Young, Eric Clapton

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's documentary of the 1976 final performance of the legendary Sixties rock group The Band is at once a show featuring some of the greatest rock performers of their generation and a bittersweet look back at an era that was just beginning to fade. As Scorsese guides the group through Read More

Rock Masters: Emmylou Harris

Synopsis: Delivering a blend of country, folk, and rock that is all her own, singer/songwriter Emmylou Harris has maintained a loyal following for decades. This entry in the BBC series Rock Masters captures Harris in a 1977 concert with guitarist Albert Lee. Among the songs performed are "Making Believe," Read More

Paddy

Crew: Singer

Actors: Milo O'Shea, Des Cave, Dearbhla Molloy, Peggy Cass

Synopsis: Paddy Maguire (Des Cave) is the wild Irish rogue who works as a butcher in Dublin. Harry (Milo O'Shea) is his good friend and drinking companion. He has an affair and his first sexual encounter with the attractive widow Mrs. Kearney (Maureen Toal). He eventually takes a job with an insurance Read More