The Soul of a Man

The Soul of a Man

2003
1h 43m
6.5

6.5/10

22 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary Music
Overview

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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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Jigsaw Productions
Production Countries
Germany United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Italian

Keywords

blues

Quick Facts

Release Date May 16, 2003
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0368287
Website Visit Site

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

Key Crew

Wim Wenders
Director
Margaret Bodde
Producer
Alex Gibney
Producer
Wim Wenders
Writer