ABOUT THE FILM
“A beautiful tribute to the power of music and community.”
WE BEGAN TO SING tells the story of a New England couple’s lifelong calling to harness the power of singing together. The film delves into our innate capacity to create community and find common ground. With musicians Annie Patterson, Peter Blood, and the late Pete Seeger.
Annie Patterson &
Peter Blood
Annie and Peter share a belief in singing as a transformational tool for community and personal change. Over the decades they have curated thousands of songs that support a truly inclusive society. Their songbooks, Rise Up Singing and Rise Again, have changed the face of community singing in North America.
Pete Seeger
Born in 1919, Pete Seeger was the iconic folksinger of the 20th century, an activist and songwriter who made an impact on all the major social change movements of his era. We filmed him at his home a year before his death in 2014.