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The Blues: Warming by the Devil's Fire
The Blues: Warming by the Devil's Fire
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THE BLUES: WARMING BY THE DEVIL'S FIRE

Directed by Charles Burnett
United States, 2003
Documentary, Musical, Biography, History, TV Movie

Synopsis

Writer/director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep) presents a tale about a young boy’s encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.

Synopsis

Writer/director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep) presents a tale about a young boy’s encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.