I Am the Blues

I Am the Blues
reż. Daniel Cross/USA, Kanada, 2015/106 min

“I am the Blues” takes the audience on a musical journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta and Moonshine soaked BBQs in the North Mississippi Hill Country. Visiting the last original blues devils, many in their 80s, still living in the American deep south and touring the Chitlin’ Circuit. Let Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn, Henry Gray, Carol Fran, Little Freddie King, Lazy Lester, Bilbo Walker, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, RL Boyce, LC Ulmer, Lil’ Buck Sinegal and their friends awaken the blues in all of us.
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  • projection time:
    106 min
  • country/year:
    USA, Canada, 2015
  • director:
    Daniel Cross
  • pictures:
    John Price
  • production:
    Eye Steel Film
  • selected festivals and awards:
    2015 – IDFA Amsterdam, 2015 – SXSW Austin, 2015 – Hot Docs Toronto

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