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The soul of a man /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CVD 55806 | Columbia Music VideoSeries: Blues, a musical journey | Blues, a musical journey ; [2]Publication details: New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, ©2003.Description: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0738903795
  • 9780738903798
  • 0738903892
  • 9780738903897
Other title:
  • Martin Scorsese presents The blues. Soul of a man
  • Blues. Soul of a man
Uniform titles:
  • Martin Scorsese presents The blues (Television program). Selections.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 781.643
LOC classification:
  • ML3521 .S62 2003x
Online resources:
Contents:
Performances. Vietnam blues (Cassandra Wilson) -- Down in Mississippi (Eagle-Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid and James Blood Ulmer) -- Hard times killing floor blues (Lucinda Williams) -- Look down the road (Lou Reed) -- I feel so good (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) -- Slow down (Cassandra Wilson) -- Don't dog your woman (T Bone Burnett) -- Voodoo music (Los Lobos) -- The death of J.B. Lenoir (John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers) -- Alabama (J.B. Lenoir) -- God's word (Shemekia Copeland) -- Illinois blues (Alvin Youngblood Hart) -- I'm so glad (Beck) -- Special rider blues (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) -- Dark was the night, cold was the ground (Marc Ribot) -- Devil got my woman (Bonnie Raitt) -- Crow Jane (Skip James) -- Washington D.C. Hospital Center blues (Garland Jeffreys) -- Soul of a man (Blind Willie Johnson) -- See that my grave is kept clean (Lou Reed).
Production credits:
  • Series produced by Vulcan Productions and Road Movies Production in association with Cappa Productions & Jigsaw Productions ; originally produced for PBS and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; presented by WGBH Boston to PBS.
  • Photographer, Lisa Rinzler ; editor, Mathilda Bonnefoy ; narrator, Laurence Fishburne ; executive producer Martin Scorsese, Paul G. Allen, Jody Patton and Ulrich Felsberg.
Cast: Chris Thomas King, Keith B. Brown, James Hughes.Summary: Using dramatization, archival footage, and live performances explores the blues in the lives and works of Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J.B. Lenoir. Features contemporary musicians playing their works.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1213 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050123543

Second film in a seven-part series.

Bonus features: additional performances ; outtake from film: "The visit to the plantation" (silent); on-camera interview with Wim Wenders; director commentary; director biography and filmography, etc.

Performances. Vietnam blues (Cassandra Wilson) -- Down in Mississippi (Eagle-Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid and James Blood Ulmer) -- Hard times killing floor blues (Lucinda Williams) -- Look down the road (Lou Reed) -- I feel so good (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) -- Slow down (Cassandra Wilson) -- Don't dog your woman (T Bone Burnett) -- Voodoo music (Los Lobos) -- The death of J.B. Lenoir (John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers) -- Alabama (J.B. Lenoir) -- God's word (Shemekia Copeland) -- Illinois blues (Alvin Youngblood Hart) -- I'm so glad (Beck) -- Special rider blues (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) -- Dark was the night, cold was the ground (Marc Ribot) -- Devil got my woman (Bonnie Raitt) -- Crow Jane (Skip James) -- Washington D.C. Hospital Center blues (Garland Jeffreys) -- Soul of a man (Blind Willie Johnson) -- See that my grave is kept clean (Lou Reed).

Produced for television in 2003.

DVD, 5.1 surround sound.

English.

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