We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited (2015)

We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited

2015

Documentary Music

Synopsis

The story behind Johnny Cash's lost Native American-themed concept album and his unique collaboration with folk artist Peter Lafarge. The film also chronicles the reimagining of Cash's highly controversial 1964 record on its 50th anniversary, as recorded at Nashville's historic Sound Emporium Studios. Based on Antonino D'Ambrosio's book "A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears."

Credits

Director

Antonino D'Ambrosio

Cast

Dave Rawlings as Self

Emmylou Harris as Self

Gillian Welch as Self

Joey Ryan as Self

Johnny Cash as Self (archive footage)

Kenneth Pattengale as Self

Kris Kristofferson as Self

Norman Blake as Self