A LIFE IN BLUES: James 'Super Chikan' Johnson

Runtime: 90 minutes

Directors: Mark Rankin, Brian Wilson

Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOpuhrR0mBY&t=3s

A film by Mark Rankin and Brian Wilson, who are flying down from Canada to for this world premiere event. After decades in the blues trenches — from long juke-joint nights to international festival stages — the life story of Clarksdale, Mississippi's blues-playing, truck-driving, folk-art-making legend James "Super Chikan" Johnson will finally be told. Featuring Cedric Burnside, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Adam Gussow, Kenny Brown, Jaxx Nassar, Big A Sherrod, Jim Byrnes, Lala Craig, Chiemi Fujio, Heather Tackett, Rachelle Coba, Shine Turner and Jamiesa Turner.