Feb 21, 2020
100 min
Full-HD

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (2020)

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.

Category

History Music Documentary

Country

Canada United States of America

Companies

Bell Media White Pine Pictures Imagine Documentaries Diamond Docs Universal Music Canada Imagine Entertainment

Robbie Robertson

Self

Martin Scorsese

Self

Bruce Springsteen

Self

Eric Clapton

Self

Peter Gabriel

Self

Van Morrison

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Ronnie Hawkins

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Taj Mahal

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