The Man in Black returns to his roots in this documentary hosted by Dan Rather, featuring rare photos, performance clips and conversations with Marshall Grant, June Carter Cash and others, who discuss Johnny Cash's origins as a gospel singer.
Production
Rare archival footage you've never seen before.
Acting
June Carter Cash's candid, unscripted reflections.
Direction
Rather's understated interviewing lets legends breathe.
Director
Michael Merriman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cash's gospel roots were deliberately downplayed by Columbia Records, who marketed the 'outlaw' image that made him famous.
Dan Rather recorded this interview in 2002, months before Cash's final albums and death—making his questions unintentionally elegiac.
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