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I Am The Blues (2016)

1h 46m

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I Am The Blues (2016)

Name: I Am The Blues
Genre: Documentary, Music, History
Released: 2016-03-15

1h 46m

Running Time

Plot.

A musical journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta and Moonshine soaked BBQs in the North Mississippi Hill Country. Visiting the last original blues devils, many in their 80's, still living in the deep south, working without management and touring the Chitlin' Circuit. Let Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn, Henry Gray, Carol Fran, Lazy Lester, Bilbo Walker, RL Boyce, Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes, Lil Buck Sinegal, LC Ulmer and their friends awaken the blues in all of us.

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Cast & Crew.

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

Himself

Bobby Rush

Himself

Daniel Cross

Director

Bob Moore

Producer

Bruce Cowley

Producer

John Price

Cinematography

Lil' Buck Sinegal

Self

Lazy Lester

Self

Ryan Mullins

Editor

Details.

Release Date
March 15, 2016

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 46m

Genres
Documentary Music History

Last updated: 2025-04-05

Wiki.

I Am the Blues is a 2015 Canadian documentary film directed by Daniel Cross. The film explores the culture of blues music, beginning at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Mississippi and expanding outward to profile many of the oldest blues musicians who are still performing on the traditional African American Chitlin' Circuit.

Musicians appearing in the film include Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn, Henry Gray, Carol Fran, Little Freddie King, Lazy Lester, Robert "Bilbo" Walker, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, R.L. Boyce, L. C. Ulmer and Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal.

The film premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in October 2015, and had its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in May 2016.

The film won two Canadian Screen Awards at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Cinematography in a Documentary.