DISCOVERING JOHNNY CASH

A 3DD Production 1x60’

A documentary that sweeps you along with the flow of musical genius that is Johnny Cash. From his family’s poverty in the Great Depression to touring with Elvis and becoming a legend in his own right. We see his reinvention for a whole new generation with Rick Rubin and how ‘Hurt’ became the epitaph to his amazing life and career. 

Contributions come from leading figures in the music industry: Andrew Harrison (Q Magazine Editor), Kate Mossman (The New Statesman), Hamish MacBain (NME), Kim Taylor Bennett (Time Out), Camilla Pia (BBC Radio 6), John Aizlewood (Evening Standard) and Michael Bonner (Uncut) 

We follow the music that influenced him including Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. His activism in the Native American plight and anti-Vietnam protests and his experiences performing in prisons, and of course we hear the songs he has made legend such as 'God's Gonna Cut You Down’, ‘Man In Black’, ‘A Boy Named Sue’, ‘Ring of Fire’ and ‘Five Feet High and Rising’. 

 Riding the freight trains to becoming a music legend, it evolves into the deep spirituality of ‘Hurt’. 

Johnny Cash was one of a kind and this film brings a sensitive insight into an American icon. 

A 3DD Production 2012