The Soul of a Man (2003)
The Soul of a Man (2003)
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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Cast

Laurence Fishburne Laurence Fishburne As: Self - Narrator
Chris Thomas King Chris Thomas King As: Blind Willie Johnson
Keith B. Brown Keith B. Brown As: Skip James
J.B. Lenoir J.B. Lenoir As: Self (archive footage)
Skip James Skip James As: Self (archive footage)
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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

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Cast

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Self - Narrator

Chris Thomas King

Chris Thomas King

Blind Willie Johnson

Keith B. Brown

Keith B. Brown

Skip James

J.B. Lenoir

J.B. Lenoir

Self (archive footage)

Skip James

Skip James

Self (archive footage)

T Bone Burnett

T Bone Burnett

Self

John Mayall

John Mayall

Self (archive footage)

Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams

Self

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

Self

Marc Ribot

Marc Ribot

Self

Cassandra Wilson

Cassandra Wilson

Self

Directed By

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Margaret Bodde

Margaret Bodde

Producer

Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

Line Producer

Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney

Producer

Samson Mucke

Samson Mucke

Line Producer

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

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Visual Effects

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Camera

Lisa Rinzler

Lisa Rinzler

Director of Photography

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Camera Operator

Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney

Camera Operator

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Not currently known.

Other Crew

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