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“The Power of Their Song” Co-producer, John Travers, films Pete Seeger performance at Pumpkin Festival in Beacon, NY. (October 15, 2006)

Pete Seeger hugs skiffle band member at Beacon, NY Pumpkin Festival. (October 15, 2006)

Pete Seeger performs his song “Turn,Turn,Turn” before audience at Beacon, NY Pumpkin Festival. (October 15, 2006)

Pete Seeger performs with his modified "long-necked" banjo using his signature "clawhammer" and "up-picking" style he popularized.

Pete Seeger takes a moment to tell a story to audience at Beacon, NY Pumpkin Festival. (October 15, 2006)

Pete Seeger takes a siesta following a busy day at Pumpkin Festival.(October 15, 2006)

Pete Seeger on deck to perform before audience at Beacon NY Pumpkin Festival. (October 15, 2006)

“This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces It to Surrender” inscription on Pete Seeger’s banjo, which is sitting in the bed of his battery powered red pickup truck. Pumpkin Festival in Beacon NY. (October 15 2006)

Pete Seeger recounts the tragic death of Chilean New Song artist, Victor Jara during interview in Beacon, NY. (October 15, 2006)

Pete Seeger recalls a powerful peformance by Argentine New Song artist, Leon Gieco, during interview for “The Power of Their Song” documentary in Beacon, NY. (October 15, 2006)

Pete Seeger shares stories of performing at New Song Festivals in Latin America during the 1980’s. Appearing at these festivals were New Song artists from around Latin America, including Daniel Viglietti, Roy Brown, Grupo Raiz, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Carlos Mejia Godoy, Silvio Rodriquez, Leon Geico and many others.

Pete Seeger explains how we should remember Latin America’s New Song musician, Victor Jara, who was murdered by the Pinochet regime following a coup in 1973 in Chile. Victor Jara remains an inspiration to many people worldwide.

Pete Seeger recalls his first memory of New Song music.

“The Power of Their Song” Cinematographer/Co-producer, John Travers, films interview with Grupo Raiz members Fernando (“Feña”) Torres and Hector Salgado in Berkeley, California. (August 5, 2006)

“The Power of Their Song” Director/Co-producer, John Summa, conducts interview with Grupo Raiz members in Berkeley, California. (August 5, 2006)

“The Power of Their Song” Director/Co-producer, John Summa, discusses the history of New Song with Grupo Raiz members. (August 5, 2006)

Chilean Grupo Raiz member, Elizabeth ("Lichi") Fuentes, recounts Grupo Raiz’s visits to Nicaragua during the 1980s where they attended New Song Festivals. (August 5, 2006)

“The Power of Their Song” Cinematographer/Co-producer, John Travers, films Grupo Raiz member Fernando (”Feña”) Torres who explains the history of the La Peña mural in Berkeley. It was painted in 1978 by O'Brien Thiele, Osha Neuman, Ray Patlan and Anna DeLeon, and then re-stored in 1986. The mural depicts the peoples of the Americas coming together in song and in struggle. (August 5, 2006)

“The Power of Their Song” Cinematographer/Co-producer, John Travers, films interview with Grupo Raiz member Fernando Torres during interview in front of the La Peña Cultural Center mural in Berkeley, CA. La Cancion de la Unidad/Song of Unity, the mural of La Peña, is one of the first acrylic, ceramic and paper mache collective murals in the Bay Area.

“The Power of Their Song” Cinematographer/Co-producer, John Travers, films Grupo Raiz member Fernando (“Feña”) Torres, who identifies the images in the La Peña Cultural Center mural in Berkeley, CA. Figures on the left side of the mural, representing Central and South America, include Chilean Nobel Prize-wining poet Pablo Neruda, Nicaraguan rebel leader Augusto Sandino, Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, and Gabriela Mistral of Chile.

Chilean folk singer, Victor Jara, best embodies La Peña’s tradition of cultural workers involved in struggle for peace and justice. Jara was executed by the military junta during the coup d’etat in Chile in September, 1973. His detached hand is shown here still strumming a guitar, a symbol of his resistance to the military.

Puerto Rican Nueva Trova singer-songwriter Roy Brown interviewed in New Haven, CT. (February 3, 2006).

Puerto Rican Nueva Trova singer-songwriter, Roy Brown, performs "Sal a Caminar" from his LP, "Baladas from Another Time" during interview in New Haven, CT. (February 3, 2006)

Folk musician, Tao Rodriquez-Seeger, grandson of Pete Seeger, interviewed in New Haven, CT. (February 3, 2006)

Folk musician, Tao Rodriquez-Seeger, shares memories his years growing up in Nicaragua during the Contra War, and how New Song music and festivals were a part of that experience. (February 3, 2006)