American Experience Season 17 Episode 10
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Recalls "the first family of country music" in interviews with Carter relatives, music writers, and singers Gillian Welch, Joan Baez, Marty Stuart and Rodney Crowell. The tough early lives of A.P. Carter, his sister Maybelle and wife Sara were lightened by music, and their 1927 RCA audition proved to be "the big bang of commercial country music." But A.P. and Sara's marriage couldn't survive the turmoil that followed.
17 - 13The Fall of SaigonApr. 25, 2005- 17 - 12RFK (2): The Awful Grace of GodOct. 04, 2004
- 17 - 11Guerilla: The Taking of Patty HearstMay. 30, 2005
- 17 - 10The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?May. 23, 2005
- 17 - 9Victory in the PacificMay. 09, 2005
- 17 - 8The Massie AffairJul. 04, 2005
- 17 - 7The Great Transatlantic CableApr. 11, 2005
- 17 - 6Mary PickfordApr. 04, 2005
- 17 - 5KinseyFeb. 14, 2005
- 17 - 4Building the Alaskan HighwayFeb. 07, 2005
- 17 - 3Fidel CastroJan. 31, 2005
- 17 - 2The FightJan. 24, 2005
- 17 - 1RFK (Part 1 & 2)Oct. 04, 2004
