Folk America - but no Buffy?

I watched the final part of the 'Folk America' series this evening on BBC4. It finally reached the 60s and what most people probably think of as the folk revival.

It was good to see Pete Seeger still happily playing at the age of 90, a couple of clips of Odetta and Mary from Peter, Paul and Mary and a short clip of Richie Havens. Lots of Joan Baez reminiscing and performing and lots of Bob Dylan performing back in the day (but not interviewed). An emphasis on the civil rights movement and the role of folk singers keeping southern music alive and performing it. Quite a few clips of Martin Luther King. It skipped from the Greenwch Village scene to Newport to the West Coast and the new folk sound of the Mamas and the Papas, Roger McGuin and the Byrds, a few clips of Robbie Robertson and even someone from Jefferson Airplane as it touched on the hippy stuff coming out of folk. But no Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Why no Buffy? I know you can't feature everyone in a one hour documentary but it's not like she was a non-entity in folk terms. She was blacklisted in America for singing her own songs and protesting against Vietnam. She's still a force to be reckoned with, releasing her latest album last year, she's an artist and an active campaigner. I hope this doesn't mean she's being written out of '60s folk history.

Here's the photo of Buffy and Richie Havens from the Vogue photo shoot last year.