Johnny Cash: American Rebel
2015•1h 26m•8.2•Released
DocumentaryMusic
Johnny Cash: American Rebel is built around 12 essential Johnny Cash tracks spanning four decades that each deliver the passion, musicality and messages against war, injustice, racism and prejudice, including “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Jackson,” “San Quentin,” “Man in Black,” “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” “Ring of Fire” and “Hurt.” Each song illustrates a chapter in his life, as well the story of an ever-changing America from the 1950s to modern day, as told through interviews, archival concert footage, photographs and personal artifacts from the Cash family.
Director
Jordan Tappis
Writer
Steve Burgess
Languages
English
Studio
CMT Films
Cast
Johnny Cash
Self (archive footage)
Kris Kristofferson
Self
Willie Nelson
Self
Sheryl Crow
Self
Kid Rock
Self
June Carter Cash
Self (archive footage)
John Mellencamp
Self
Merle Haggard
Self
Rick Rubin
Self
John Carter Cash
Self
Rosanne Cash
Self
Bob Dylan
Self (archive photos/footage)
Kirk Douglas
Self (archive photo)
Clive Davis
Self
Production
Company
CMT Films
Company
Network Entertainment
Company
Fremantle
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