This month, PBS will be airing a special series on the history of America's greatest native art form. It was Executive Producer Martin Scorsese's idea to create the opposite of a standard historical survey, by engaging a group of filmmakers - Charles Burnett, Richard Pearce, Marc Levin, Wim Wenders, Mike Figgis, Clint Eastwood and himself - to look at the history of the music through their own unique sensibility. We're pleased to be showing two of the films, Wenders's THE SOUL OF A MAN
and Scorsese's own FEEL LIKE GOING HOME. Wenders took a hand-cranked Lumière camera to reimagine episodes in the lives of Blind Willie McTell and Skip James, and then found a couple who had precious footage of Blues legend J.B. Lenoir. The result is a fresh, lively explosion of love for the Blues. Scorsese's lyrical film features musician Corey Harris, and looks at the music coming out of the Mississippi Delta in the 30s, made by such greats as Son House and Muddy Waters. The second half of the film takes Harris back to the musical source, West Africa, as he visits such giants as Salif Keita and Ali Farka Touré. Two vital, deeply personal tributes to the Blues. And they look great on the big screen.
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