Movie Description
The Soul of a Man
(2003)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Wim Wenders
- Producer : Margaret Bodde,Alex Gibney
- Writer : Wim Wenders
- Editor : Mathilde Bonnefoy
- Cast : Laurence Fishburne,Chris Thomas King,Keith B. Brown,J.B. Lenoir,Skip James,T Bone Burnett,John Mayall,Lucinda Williams,Bonnie Raitt,Marc Ribot,Cassandra Wilson
Cast
Self - Narrator
Blind Willie Johnson
Skip James
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
Self
Self
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Facts
Original TitleThe Soul of a Man
Status Released
Release Information
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2003-05-16
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 43m
Homepagehttp://www.wim-wenders.com/movies/movies_spec/thesoulofaman/the-soul-of-a-man.htm
Production CompaniesJigsaw Productions
Genres
- Documentary
- Music
