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I Am the Blues
Directed by
Daniel Cross
Not Rated
2017
1h 46m
Documentary
,
Musical
,
and more
7.5
100%
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A tour of the juke joints and other venues of the legendary Chitlin Circuit in the Mississippi Delta, including performances by aging blues musicians in their eighties who used to play the circuit.
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Cast of I Am the Blues
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
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Bobby Rush
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I Am the Blues Ratings & Reviews
Next Projection
Derek Deskins
It is as if as each musician tells his tale and strums his guitar that everything is ok again. The music is their release and all of the sadness comes out in the songs.
Film-Forward.com
Nora Lee Mandel
A blues fan's ultimate road trip through the Mississippi Delta and Louisiana bayous to see and hear the oldest living progenitors singing and playing in their home towns.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
This amiable documentary surveys small towns in Mississippi and Louisiana where aging blues musicians live and practice their art.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
It will be warmly welcomed by lovers of music that hasn't had its rough edges sanded away.
Village Voice
Craig D. Lindsey
Blues is mostly a spirited, rambling trip through the history of this American music, but that journey is under the cloud of a melancholy bleakness.
New York Times
Daniel M. Gold
Mr. Rush is amiable company, quick with stories about playing for next to nothing in the 1950s and '60s.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
The music is ingrained in the landscape, and this movie takes us there.
KDHX (St. Louis)
Diane Carson
Like dropping in on old friends, Daniel Cross' I Am the Blues casually celebrates iconic blues musicians. No authoritarian narration and no formal interviews intrude into this leisurely, perfect visit with elderly champions of the blues.
Film Journal International
Daniel Eagan
Engrossing, sympathetic documentary about Southern blues musicians takes the time to get to know its subjects.
Missoula Independent
Molly Laich
If I learned anything new from this picture, it would have to do with the contradictory nature of what it means to "be the blues." The music both comes out of and is an antidote for suffering, and the result is often joyful and exultant.
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