a filmmaker and producer, often focusing on folk music and musicians. Many of her films are preserved at the Library of Congress. In 1966, she released Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison, which focused on the traditional songs sung by Texas prison inmates as they chopped down trees. When Pete Seeger's ban from television appearances for his political views was lifted in 1965, Toshi produced and directed a public television series, Rainbow Quest, hosted by her husband 1965 to 1966. Her official credited title for the show was "Chief Cook and Bottle Washer." Toshi and Pete Seeger co-founded both the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and its related musical offshoot, The Great Hudson River Revival, also known as the "Clearwater Festival". She used the festival to rally public support for cleaning up the Hudson River. Under her direction, the festival also instituted a number of ideas which were not utilized at other music festivals during the 1970s and 1980s, providing sign language interpreters, disabled-accessible wheelchair access, and recycling programs. She recruited up-and-coming musical artists to perform at the festival through its planning committee, including Tracy Chapman, before they achieved popularity elsewhere. The Clearwater Festival now attracts more than 15,000 attendees to Croton Point Park each summer. Toshi Seeger executive produced the 2007 PBS documentary, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, which won an Emmy Award. She was 85 years old at the time of the documentary's production. She served on numerous civic, environmental and artistic organizations, including the New York State Council on the Arts. Death Toshi Seeger died at her home in Beacon, New York, on July 9, 2013, at the age of 91, nine days before what would have been her 70th wedding anniversary. She was surrounded by her husband; their children Daniel, Mika and Tinya; six grandchildren, including singer Tao Rodríguez-Seeger; and one great-grandson. Pete Seeger died six months later, on January 27, 2014, at age 94. References External links 1922 births 2013 deaths American documentary filmmakers American environmentalists American women environmentalists American film producers Music festival founders Television producers from New York City American women television producers People from Beacon, New York People from Greenwich Village Seeger family The High School of Music & Art alumni American women documentary filmmakers Little Red School House alumni American people of Japanese descent German emigrants to the United States German people of Japanese descent