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Martin Scorsese presents The Blues. Warming by the devil's fire / Vulcan/Road Movies production in association with Cappa Productions and Jigsaw Productions ; produced by Margaret Bodde and Alex Gibney ; written and directed by Charles Burnett.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 173 disc 4
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Burnett, Charles, 1944- author of dialog, director.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burnett, Charles, 1944---Biography.
- Burnett, Charles.
- Burnett, Charles, 1944-.
- Blues (Music).
- Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
- Blues (Music)--Religious aspects.
- Blues musicians--Biography.
- Blues musicians.
- Gospel music.
- Music--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Music.
- Biography.
- Genre:
- Television mini-series.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Blues
- Warming by the devil's fire
- Place of Publication:
- [Seattle, WA] : Vulcan Productions, Inc. ; [Berlin] : Road Movies Filmproduktion Gmbh, [2003]
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Charles Burnett explores his own past as a young boy who was shuttled back and forth between Los Angeles and Mississippi, torn between an uncle who loved the blues and a mother who believed that the blues was the devil's music. His film mixes fictional storytelling with documentary footage of performances by a host of blues legends in a tale about a young boy's life in Mississippi in 1956, dramatizing the tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.
- Participant:
- Archival performances: Son House, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mississippi John Hurt, Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Ida Cox, Mamie Smith, Lightnin' Hopkins, Rev. Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, W.C. Handy, Sonny Boy Williamson, Bessie Smith.
- Credits:
- Executive producer, Martin Scorsese ; narrator, Carl Lumbly ; cast, Tommy Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr.
- Notes:
- Issued in slipcase as the fourth of seven DVDs, with accompanying booklet
- Series originally produced for PBS and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- Contains bonus performance of Willie Dixon's Classic rendition of "Nervous" from 1966 ; interview with Charles Burnett ; director commentary ; director biography and filmography.
- ISBN:
- 0738903787
- OCLC:
- 54819279
- Publisher Number:
- CVD 55805 Columbia Music Video
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