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, 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.
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Year of production: 2002
Country: Germany
Durée : 100 minutes
Credits
- Wim WENDERS Director
- Wim WENDERS Screenplay
- Lisa RINZLER Cinematography
- Mathilde BONNEFOY Editing
- Liba DANIELS Production Design
Casting
- Chris Thomas KING Blind Willie Johnson
- Keith B. BROWN Skip James
Contacts
Production
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ROAD MOVIES FILMPRODUKTION GMBH
Clausewitzstr. 4
D-10629
Berlin Germany
T: 49 30 880 486 25
French Press
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AS COMMUNICATION
T: 33 (0)1 47 23 00 02
Alexandra SCHAMIS[email protected]
International Press
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