Charles Burnett 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.

Starring:

B.B. King , Pinetop Perkins , Ike Turner , Dick Waterman , Tommy Redmond Hicks , Chris Thomas King , Keith B. Brown , Nathaniel Lee Jr. , James Hughes , Carl Lumbly , Ivy Cassel , David F. Hughes , Shayne Tingle , Frances Horton White , Joy Brashears , Susan McWilliams , Tommie Tc Carter , Goodman. Wille , Colleen White , Vasti Jackson , Nathaniel Lee Sr. , Ted Davis , Ilona W. Wilkes , Jay R. Unger , Ahmir , Marcia Ball , Chris Barber , David Barnes , Beck , Jeff Beck , James Blood Ulmer , Dave Brubeck , Eric Burdon , T Bone Burnett , Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor , Sam Carr , Nick Cave , Ray Charles , Eagle Eye Cherry , Jamar Chess , Marshall Chess , Phil Chess , Chuck D , Eric Clapton , Jon Cleary , Common , Shemekia Copeland , Elvis Costello , Toumani Diabaté , Jim Dickinson , Lonnie Donegan , Dr. John , Clint Eastwood , Jack Elliott , Georgie Fame , Chris Farlowe , Laurence Fishburne , Mick Fleetwood , Rosco Gordon , Davy Graham , Henry Gray , Peter Green , Corey Harris , Bert Jansch , Garland Jeffreys , Ian Jennings , Morris Jennings , Pete Johnson , Pete Jolly , The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion , Tom Jones , Salif Keita , Don Kern , Pete King , Willie King , Bob Koester , Habib Koité , Sam Lay , Albert Lee , Los Lobos , Lulu , Humphrey Lyttelton , Taj Mahal , John Mayall

Genre:

Documentary, Music