The Soul of a Man

May 6 2004 N/A 1h 43m
Biography, Documentary, History

In "The Soul of A Man," director 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.

Plot

The dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of director Wim Wenders's favorite blues artists.

Written by

Wim Wenders

Directed by

Wim Wenders

Cast

Chris Thomas King, Keith B. Brown, James Hughes

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany, United States of America

Production Companies

Jigsaw Productions

Languages

Italiano, English

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
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