The Soul of a Man
In "The Soul of A Man," director Wim Wenders looks at 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. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence (recreations of '20s and '30s events - shot in silent-film, hand-crank style), rare archival footage, present-day documentary scenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Chris Thomas King, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James "Blood" Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams and T-Bone Burnett.
Description: In "The Soul of A Man," director Wim Wenders looks at 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. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence (recreations of '20s and '30s events - shot in silent-film, hand-crank style), rare archival footage, present-day documentary scenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Chris Thomas King, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James "Blood" Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams and T-Bone Burnett.
Genres: Documentary, Music
Homepage: http://www.wim-wenders.com/movies/movies_spec/thesoulofaman/the-soul-of-a-man.htm
Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 103 minutes
Incendies
Allegro non troppo
Green Book
The Shawshank Redemption
Joker
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Se7en
Life of Pi
Arrival
Amélie
Laurence Fishburne
Played Self - Narrator
Chris Thomas King
Played Blind Willie Johnson
Keith B. Brown
Played Skip James
J.B. Lenoir
Played Self (archive footage)
Skip James
Played Self (archive footage)
T Bone Burnett
Played Self
John Mayall
Played Self (archive footage)
Lucinda Williams
Played Self
Bonnie Raitt
Played Self
Marc Ribot
Played Self
Cassandra Wilson
Played Self
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