The Soul of a Man
2003 | 103m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Wim Wenders |
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| Writer: | Wim Wenders |
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| In "The Soul of A Man," director Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite blues artists: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence (recreations of '20s and '30s events - shot in silent-film, hand-crank style), rare archival footage, present-day documentary scenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Chris Thomas King, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James "Blood" Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams and T-Bone Burnett. | |
| Release Date: | May 16, 2003 |
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| Director: | Wim Wenders |
| Writer: | Wim Wenders |
| Genres: | Documentary, Music |
| Keywords | blues |
| Production Companies | Jigsaw Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Laurence Fishburne | Self - Narrator |
| Chris Thomas King | Blind Willie Johnson |
| Keith B. Brown | Skip James |
| J.B. Lenoir | Self (archive footage) |
| Skip James | Self (archive footage) |
| T Bone Burnett | Self |
| John Mayall | Self (archive footage) |
| Lucinda Williams | Self |
| Bonnie Raitt | Self |
| Marc Ribot | Self |
| Cassandra Wilson | Self |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Marcus | Line Producer |
| Samson Mucke | Line Producer |
| Wim Wenders | Director, Camera Operator, Writer |
| Lisa Rinzler | Director of Photography |
| Mathilde Bonnefoy | Editor |
| Alex Gibney | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Margaret Bodde | Producer |
| Alex Gibney | Producer |
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