Time Out says
A mixture of documentary and fiction that alternates between bluesmen - from those on the chain gangs right up to BB King - singing and talking about their work, and a classic blues story set in Harlem about a girl who quits her man. The mixture is not a wholly comfortable one, the story and the acting of the young couple being too self-conscious to stand up to the naturalness of the bluesmen themselves. But the music survives on its own, and Amelia Cortez, a real old blues lady playing the mother-in-law, holds the story together with her reminiscences.
Cast and crew
- Director:Robert Manthoulis
- Screenwriter:Robert Manthoulis, Claude Fléouter
- Cast:
- Amelia Cortez
- Onike Lee
- Roland Sanchez
- BB King
- Brownie McGhee
- Sonny Terry
- Mance Lipscomb
- Furry Lewis
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