The Librarian and the Banjo

Name: Librarian and the Banjo, The
Released: 2025-05-14
Cast: Dena Epstein, Béla Fleck, Tony Trischka, Eric Weissberg

2013 Documentary

The life and legacy of Milwaukee-born music librarian, Dena Epstein, who proved that the banjo came from Africa. Starting in the 1950s with a forgotten abolitionist's diary Dena Epstein laboured 25 years to prove her theory.