Blues in the Night
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.
Deep Blues
This warm 90 minutes documentary shows us unknown blues musicians from Mississippi. They play everywhere : on the streets, in dirty little bars, in a barber shop, in big clubs. The film really captures the true faces of blues and shows us that this music had nothing to do with nostalgia or record company hypes. Documentary on the Delta blues.
Black Snake Moan
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death.
Bessie
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Summer of Soul
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
Blues Brothers 2000
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.
The Blues Under the Skin
Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, THE BLUES UNDER THE SKIN dramatizes the tumultuous relationship of a young couple (Onike Lee and Roland Sanchez) as they struggle to overcome the barriers of poverty and prejudice that keep them from finding happiness together.
Crossroads
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
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Anatole Litvak
Director
William Hopper
as
Billiard Player
Joyce Compton
as
Blonde
Anthony Warde
as
Del's Henchman #1
Jack Carson
as
Leo Powell
Craig Brewer
Director
Michael Raymond-James
as
Gill
Samuel L. Jackson
as
Lazarus
Christina Ricci
as
Rae
Adriane Lenox
as
Rose Woods
Lonny Price
Director
Queen Latifah
as
Bessie Smith
Oliver Platt
as
Carl Van Vechten
Tika Sumpter
as
Lucille
Khandi Alexander
as
Viola
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
Director
Jesse Jackson
as
B.B. King
as
Self
Al Sharpton
as
Self
Sheila E.
as
Self
John Landis
Director
Darrell Hammond
as
Robertson
Travis Tritt
as
The Louisiana Gator Boys
Isaac Hayes
as
The Louisiana Gator Boys
Walter Hill
Director
Gretchen Palmer
as
Beautiful Girl / Dancer
Diana Bellamy
as
Hospital Supervisor
Jo Marie Payton
as
Jookhouse Woman #2
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