American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America (series)
- Production country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 7/6/1990
- Release date of last episode: 8/3/1990
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 5
Series description
From 1978 to 1985 Alan Lomax traveled the American South and Southwest with a television crew to document regional folklore with deep historical roots. From the resulting 400 hours of footage came the five-program series American Patchwork, which aired on PBS in 1991.