The Soul of a Man

The Soul of a Man

Infobox Film
name=Soul of a Man


caption =
writer = Wim Wenders
starring =
director =Wim Wenders
producer = Martin Scorsese
music = Skip James
Blind Willie Johnson
J. B. Lenoir
cinematography = Liza Rinzler
editing = Mathilde Bonnefoy
distributor = PBS
released = 2003
runtime = 103 min.
language = English
movie_series_label=
movie_series =
awards =
budget =
imdb_id=0368287

"The Soul of a Man" is a 2003 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders as the fourth installment of the documentary film series "The Blues" produced by Martin Scorsese. The film explores the musical careers of blues musicians Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir.

The film is narrated by Laurence Fishburne and features performances by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beck, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, James 'Blood' Ulmer, T-Bone Burnett, Eagle Eye Cherry, Shemekia Copeland, Garland Jeffreys, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Marc Ribot, Lucinda Williams, and Cassandra Wilson. The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming, and the Audience Award at the São Paulo International Film Festival.

External links

* [http://www.wim-wenders.com/movies/movies_spec/thesoulofaman/the-soul-of-a-man.htm Information on Wim Wender's official site]
* [http://www.pbs.org/theblues/aboutfilms/wenders.html Information on the PBS site]
*imdb title|id=0368287|title=The Soul of a Man
* [http://www.silbersee-film.de/de/mov/wenders_soam.mov Excerpt of the film] (Quicktime, 15 MB) Blind Willie Johnson (played by Chris Thomas King) performs "Trouble (Will) Soon Be Over"


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