Wim Wenders’s 1999 documentary Buena Vista Social Club stands apart from other concert films such as Dont Look Back, Bittersweet Motel, Gimme Shelter, and Rattle and Hum. While for the most part audiences know of Bob Dylan, Phish, The Rolling Stones, and U2, respectively, most of them do not know of the ensemble gathered to…
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Wenders Documentary Explores ‘The Soul of a Man’
Blind Willie Johnson once said, “The blues are the roots; everything else is the fruits.” These roots extend into the depths of the souls of three men in Wim Wenders’s The Soul of a Man: Dixon, Skip James, and J.B. Lenoir The Soul of a Man is the second episode of The Blues: A Musical…