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Cast
Laurence Fishburne | As: Self - Narrator | |
Chris Thomas King | As: Blind Willie Johnson | |
Keith B. Brown | As: Skip James | |
J.B. Lenoir | As: Self (archive footage) | |
Skip James | As: Self (archive footage) |
Storyline
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.
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Details
Genres: Documentary, Music
Language: English, Italiano
Release Date: 16 May 2003
Country: DE, US
Runtime: 103m
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Company Credits
Company: Jigsaw Productions
External Links
Cast
Laurence Fishburne |
Self - Narrator |
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Chris Thomas King |
Blind Willie Johnson |
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Keith B. Brown |
Skip James |
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J.B. Lenoir |
Self (archive footage) |
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Skip James |
Self (archive footage) |
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T Bone Burnett |
Self |
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John Mayall |
Self (archive footage) |
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Lucinda Williams |
Self |
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Bonnie Raitt |
Self |
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Marc Ribot |
Self |
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Cassandra Wilson |
Self |
Directed By
Wim Wenders |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Wim Wenders |
Writer |
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Production Crew
Margaret Bodde |
Producer |
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Paul Marcus |
Line Producer |
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Alex Gibney |
Producer |
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Samson Mucke |
Line Producer |
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Edited By
Mathilde Bonnefoy |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Sound
Visual Effects
Camera
Lisa Rinzler |
Director of Photography |
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Wim Wenders |
Camera Operator |
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Alex Gibney |
Camera Operator |
Lighting
Art Department
Other Crew
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