Skip James

Shot after hours at Newport Folk in 1966 by American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, this recording features 14 performances by such blues greats as Son House, Skip James and Howlin’ Wolf among others.

Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: Big Mama Thornton, Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Dr. Isaiah Ross, Big Joe Turner, Skip James, Bukka White, Son House, Hound Dog Taylor and Little Walter, Koko Taylor and Little Walter, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Helen Humes, Earl Hooker, and Muddy Waters.

A travelogue through the Mississippi delta searching for the heart and the spirit of the blues.

A travers la musique et la vie de trois de ses bluesmen préférés, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson et J.B. Lenoir, Wim Wenders nous entraîne entre fiction, témoignage et pèlerinage à la rencontre de ces musiciens. Oubliés de tous après avoir connu une brève période de gloire, ils sont morts dans la misère, laissant pourtant un héritage capital, partie intégrante de la légende du Blues.

The foehn researcher paints watercolors in which he documents the state of the world and records his visions of what is happening, while he berates the Minister of the Interior savagely. The film tells the imaginary story of the Bavarian Jammersee in fragments. The nuclear missile “Herrsching 2” - the Bavarians have finally provided for their own defense - is to be stored in a depot at the Jammersee. However, this comes into conflict with the other plan to fill the Jammersee with the ashes of the six million murdered Jews.

Martin Scorsese nous offre un voyage depuis les rives du fleuve Niger, au Mali, jusqu'aux champs de coton et aux arrière-salles bricolées du delta du Mississippi afin de retracer les origines du blues. Il nous livre un cocktail lyrique de performances originales (dont celles d'Ali Farka Touré, Salif Keita, Habib Koité, Taj Mahal, Corey Harris, Othar Turner) et d'images d'archives rarissimes.