Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison

Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison is a 1966 American film directed by Toshi Seeger, a specialist in films focusing on folk music.

[1][2] The film explores inmates in the U.S. state of Texas as they chop down trees while singing songs derived from those used by African American slaves, such as field hollers.

[3] Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison has been archived and preserved by the Library of Congress.

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