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Deep blues : a musical pilgrimage to the crossroads / an Oil Factory/Radio Active Films Production in association with Channel 4 ; director, Robert Mugge ; producers, Eileen Gregory, John Stewart.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Mugge, Robert, 1950- film director.
Palmer, Robert, 1945-1997, on-screen participant, screenwriter.
Stewart, David A. (David Allan), 1952- on-screen participant, film producer.
Film Movement (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Blues (Music)--Mississippi.
Blues (Music).
Blues musicians--Mississippi.
Blues musicians.
Mississippi.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Filmed performances.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Edition:
Full screen.
Place of Publication:
[United States] : Film Movement Classics, [2021]
Language Note:
English dialogue.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, all regions; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; 2.0 stereo; new 4K restoration.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
"In 1990, commissioned by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, veteran music film director Robert Mugge and renowned music scholar Robert Palmer ventured deep into the heart of the North Mississippi Hill Country and Mississippi Delta to seek out the best rural blues acts currently working. Starting on Beale Street in Memphis, they headed south to the juke joints, lounges, front porches, and parlors of Holly Springs, Greenville, Clarksdale, Bentonia, and Lexington. Along the way, they visited celebrated landmarks and documented talented artists cut off from the mainstream of the recording industry. The resulting film expresses reverence for the rich musical history of the region, spotlighting local performers, soon to be world-renowned, thanks in large part to the film, and demonstrating how the blues continues to thrive in new generations of gifted musicians."--Container
Participant:
Narrated by Robert Palmer.
Credits:
writer and music director Robert Palmer ; director of photography, Erich Roland.
Notes:
Documentary.
Title from disc surface.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Special features: commentary by director Robert Mugge; Deep Blues behind the scenes.
OCLC:
1280067455
Publisher Number:
850021115548

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