In 1968, young filmmaker Robert Elfstrom (who went on to an award-winning career as director and cinematographer) had the foresight and talent to make a stunning documentary on Cash and the luck to strike up a candid rapport with the temperamental singer. Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music, made vérité-style over several months in late 1968 and early 1969, remains the definitive portrait of a great American troubadour at the height of his powers.

(1969, 80 minutes)