Dutch director Rogier Kappers captures Alan Lomax' story through interviews with associates and friends and with archival footage of such greats as Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly and the places where  "Lomax the Songhunter" captured America's quintessential music.

Alan Lomax was "the song hunter." He devoted his entire life to recording the world's folk tunes before they would permanently disappear with the rise of the modern music industry. Dutch director Rogier Kappers visited Lomax in Florida in 2001, but a stroke had left the 86-year-old musicologist unable to speak; he died shortly thereafter. The filmmaker sought to tell Lomax'story through interviews with friends such as Pete Seeger and archival footage of such greats as Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. He also gathered footage of the cotton fields, rock quarries and prisons where "Lomax the Songhunter" captured America's quintessential music. Finally, Kappers' quest took him to Europe, where he traveled in an old Volkswagen to remote mountain villages in Spain and Italy to find the farmers, shepherds and weavers whose songs Lomax recorded decades ago. By Rogier Kappers