I haven't seen the film yet, but I've always wondered why everyone said it was about Olive Campbell, when the title seems to be drawn from Scarborough's book. I think Masato is correct. Campbell was important, Lord knows, because it was she who told Sharp that the old songs were still being sung in the Appalachians, the information that brought him to this country to collect. Maybe the title is just poetic license, and Campbell WAS the inspiration for the story, but the "Songcatcher" title would seem to be more than merely coincidental.

Sandy