Directed by:
Wim WendersScreenplay:
Wim WendersCinematography:
Lisa RinzlerCast:
Chris Thomas King, Nick Cave, Laurence Fishburne, T Bone Burnett, Vernon Reid, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, Los Lobos, Garland Jeffreys, BeckPlots(1)
“These songs meant the world to me. I felt that there was more truth in them than in anything else you could learn about America.” That was the starting point for Wim Wenders’ film about three more-or-less forgotten American blues singers: Skip James, J.B. Lenoir and Blind Willie Johnson. Unique archive material, fictional scenes and, above all, cover versions of their songs, performed by a variety of musicians including Lucinda Williams, Beck, Lou Reed, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cassandra Wilson, Los Lobos and more, breathe new life into the recent past and the three musicians’ blues. (DOK.fest München)
(more)Cast
Chris Thomas King
USA
Best movies:
Ray (2004)
Quarry (2016) (series)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Nick Cave
Australia
Best movies:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Videos (1998) (video compilation)
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace (2020) (concert)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Laurence Fishburne
USA
Best movies:
The Matrix (1999)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Color Purple (1985)
T Bone Burnett
USA
Best movies:
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Vernon Reid
UK
Bonnie Raitt
USA
Best movies:
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2002) (TV movie)
Urban Cowboy (1980)
Sgt. Pepper (1978)
Marc Ribot
USA
Garland Jeffreys
USA
Best movies:
With Friends Like These... (1998)
Beck
USA
Best movies:
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015) (concert)
The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005) (video compilation)
The Rugrats Movie (1998)