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The Soul of a Man is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Wim Wenders with Laurence Fishburne

The Soul of a Man (2003)

The Soul of a Man
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Length 1h43
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OriginUSA
Genres Documentary,    Musical
Rating73% 3.6814753.6814753.6814753.6814753.681475

The Soul of a Man is a 2003 documentary film, directed by Wim Wenders, as the second instalment of the documentary film series The Blues, produced by Martin Scorsese. The film explores the musical careers of blues musicians Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir.

The film is narrated by Laurence Fishburne in character as Blind Willie Johnson, and features performances by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beck, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, James 'Blood' Ulmer, T-Bone Burnett, Eagle Eye Cherry, Shemekia Copeland, Garland Jeffreys, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Marc Ribot, Lucinda Williams, and Cassandra Wilson. The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming, and the Audience Award at the São Paulo International Film Festival. It was also screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

Synopsis

À travers des interviews, des documents historiques, des reconstitutions par des acteurs et des interprétations de leurs chansons par des artistes actuels, Wim Wenders met en lumière ses artistes de blues préférés : Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson et J.B. Lenoir

Actors

Laurence Fishburne

(Self - Narrator)Chris Thomas King

(Blind Willie Johnson)T-Bone Burnett

(Self)Bonnie Raitt

(Self)
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