Toshi Seeger
| Toshi Seeger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Toshi Aline Ohta July 1, 1922 Munich, Germany |
| Died | July 9, 2013 (aged 91) Beacon, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, producer, environmental activist |
| Spouse(s) | Pete Seeger (m. 1943; her death 2013) |
Toshi Aline Seeger (née Ohta; July 1, 1922 – July 9, 2013) was an American filmmaker, producer, and environmental activist. A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, Toshi's credits include the 1966 film Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison and the Emmy Award-winning documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, released through PBS in 2007. In 1966, Seeger and her husband, folk-singer Pete Seeger, co-founded the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which seeks to protect the Hudson River and surrounding wetlands. Additionally, they co-founded the Clearwater Festival (officially known as The Great Hudson River Revival), a major music festival held annually at Croton Point Park in Westchester County, New York.
Toshi Seeger was born Toshi Aline Ohta on July 1, 1922, in Munich, Germany. Her father, Takashi Ohta, was a Japanese exile from Shikoku, while her mother, Virginia Harper Berry, was an American originally from Washington D.C. Her grandfather, who had translated Marxist writings into Japanese, had been ordered to leave Japan. However, Takashi Ohta took his father's place, as permitted under Japanese law at the time, and went into exile. He met Virginia Berry while traveling, and they married and lived in Munich. Toshi and her parents moved to the United States when she was six months old, and she was raised in Greenwich Village and . She attended the Little Red School House in Manhattan and graduated from The High School of Music & Art in 1940.
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