Rent Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003)
3.6 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 56min
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- Synopsis:
- 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. Burnett's film boldly mixes fictional storytelling with documentary footage of a host of blues legends in a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in 1955, dramatizing the tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.
- Actors:
- Carl Lumbly, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Susan McWilliams, Big Bill Broonzy, Willie Dixon, Lightnin' Hopkins, Son House, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Sonny Boy Williamson
- Directors:
- Charles Burnett
- Producers:
- Martin Scorsese
- Narrated By:
- Carl Lumbly
- Writers:
- Charles Burnett
- Studio:
- Snapper
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Special Interest
- Collections:
- Remembering James Earl Jones, The Instant Expert's Guide to Martin Scorsese
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