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The Soul of a Man (DVD) (*)

$30.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
127 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Wim Wenders

Written By:
Wim Wenders

Actors:
Beck ..... Featured Performer
James Blood Ulmer ..... Featured Performer
Joy Brashears ..... Secretary
Keith B. Brown ..... Skip James
T-Bone Burnett ..... Featured Performer
Nick Cave ..... Featured Performer
Eagle Eye Cherry ..... Featured Performer
Shemekia Copeland ..... Featured Performer
Laurence Fishburne ..... Narrator
David F. Hughes ..... Art Laibly
Garland Jeffreys ..... Featured Performer
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ..... Featured Performer
Chris Thomas King ..... Blind Willie Johnson
J.B. Lenoir ..... Himself (archive footage)
Los Lobos ..... Featured Performer

Synopsis:

Part of The Blues documentary series on PBS, The Soul of a Man is written and directed by Wim Wenders and narrated by Laurence Fishburne. This installment explores the work of the filmmaker's personal musical heroes: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, and J.B. Lenoir. Through reenactments and archive footage, Wenders tells the personal stories of these highly influential and often underappreciated artists. Their musical legacy is interpreted through live performances by contemporary musicians like Bonnie Raitt, Cassandra Wilson, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Lucinda Williams, Beck, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. He also incorporates rare clips from two 16 mm films shot during the '60s by Steve and Rönnog Seaberg.

Director Wim Wenders explores the lives of his favourite blues artists - Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J.B Lenoir - in a film that is part history and part personal pilgrimage. The film tells the story of these artists' lives in music through a fictional film-within-a-film, rare archival footage and covers of their songs by contempory musicians.

Wim Wenders examines the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite blues artists: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 13 August, 2011.