Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
1988, English. Directed by Mimi Pickering.
Born in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Gunning suffered a life of bitter poverty which became the fuel for dozens of moving songs about working people, the mines, and the great coal strikes of the twenties and thirties. In Mimi Pickering's 1988 film, Gunning's a cappella roots music is intercut throughout the interviews and archival footage
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- 0h 38m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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- 1 January 1988
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Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
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Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1988. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning?
If you liked Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning, try David Byrne's American Utopia, Western Stars, OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film).
Who directed Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning?
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning (1988) was directed by Mimi Pickering and stars Sarah Ogan Gunning, Pete Seeger.