Different Johns

"One could say that the treasures of the earth may be found between the eyes of John Cohen ". Patti Smith Musician, photographer, film-maker, anthropologist, with his healthy disregard for fame and fortune, in his quest for the "thing". John played and worked alongside the likes of Jack Kerouac, Woodie Guthrie, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frank and a young Bob Dylan. While chronicling the neglected lives of the impoverished communities in the Appalachian mountains, their songs and their story telling. We shine a light on America: its artists, its history, its reality - through this story of a un-conventional American.