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.

Release Date: 1988-10-04
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
TMDb: 7.5/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 55

Other episodes for this season

RFK (Part 1 & 2)
Episode 1 - RFK (Part 1 & 2)
The Fight
Episode 2 - The Fight
Fidel Castro
Episode 3 - Fidel Castro
Building the Alaska Highway
Episode 4 - Building the Alaska Highw...
Kinsey
Episode 5 - Kinsey
Mary Pickford
Episode 6 - Mary Pickford
The Great Transatlantic Cable
Episode 7 - The Great Transatlantic C...
The Massie Affair
Episode 8 - The Massie Affair
Victory in the Pacific
Episode 9 - Victory in the Pacific
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Episode 10 - The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Episode 11 - Guerilla: The Taking of P...
Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Episode 12 - Guerilla: The Taking of P...
The Massie Affair
Episode 13 - The Massie Affair