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The Soul of a Man is a 2003 documentary film, directed by Wim Wenders, as the second instalment 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 in character as Blind Willie Johnson, 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. It was also screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
Original Release
06/06/2003
Cast
Name | Character |
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Chris Thomas King | Blind Willie Johnson |
Keith B. Brown | Skip James |
James Hughes | H.C. Speirs |
David F. Hughes | Art Laibly |
Shayne Tingle | Recording engineer |
Joy Brashears | Secretary |
David Barnes | Self |
Beck | Self - Featured Performer |
James Blood Ulmer | Self - Featured Performer |
T Bone Burnett | Self - Featured Performer / Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Chris Thomas King | Blind Willie Johnson |
Keith B. Brown | Skip James |
James Hughes | H.C. Speirs |
David F. Hughes | Art Laibly |
Shayne Tingle | Recording engineer |
Joy Brashears | Secretary |
David Barnes | Self |
Beck | Self - Featured Performer |
James Blood Ulmer | Self - Featured Performer |
T Bone Burnett | Self - Featured Performer / Self |
Nick Cave | Self - Featured Performer |
Eagle Eye Cherry | Self - Featured Performer |
Shemekia Copeland | Self - Featured Performer |
Cream | Themselves |
Laurence Fishburne | Self - Narrator |
Skip James | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Garland Jeffreys | Self - Featured Performer |
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Themselves - Featured Performer |
J.B. Lenoir | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Los Lobos | Themselves - Featured Performer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jody Allen | Executive Producer |
Paul Allen | Executive Producer |
Ulrich Felsberg | Executive Producer |
In-Ah Lee | Executive Producer |
Martin Scorsese | Executive Producer |
Judith Vecchione | Executive Producer |
Mikaela Beardsley | Producer |
Margaret Bodde | Producer |
Belinda Clasen | Producer |
Lisa Day | Producer |
Alex Gibney | Producer |
Richard Hutton | Producer |
Paul Marcus | Producer |
Tom Michel | Producer |
Susan Motamed | Producer |
Samson Mucke | Producer |
Stephen 'Scooter' Weintraub | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2004 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) | Won |
2004 | Emmy | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Nominated |