CLARKSDALE FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL RECOMMENDS...
Watch this curated collection of FREE favs on your own schedule, y'all:
READY TO ROAD TRIP... SAFELY?
Visit Clarksdale 2020 pandemic tourism video produced by Tim Hardiman.
BLUES STORY
The story of the blues told through the eyes of the artists who lived it, including BB King, Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy and many more.
YOU SEE ME LAUGHIN'
A personal journey into the lives and music of the last of the (mostly) N MS Hill Country bluesmen who've kept their music alive.
FROM THE CROSSROADS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
The Delta Blues Museum sent five students as a band to the White House to play for Michelle Obama after winning the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. This is the story of how they got there.
https://www.pbs.org/video/crossroads-white-house-crossroads-white-house/
MOONSHINE & MOJO HANDS
Mississippi blues and culture road-trip series (10 episodes) .
M FOR MISSISSIPPI
Award-winning 2008 blues road-trip film visiting a dozen of the real-deal bluesmen — most of whom are now gone.
MARION BROWN: You See What I'm Saying?
Artistic 1967 short film by Henry English on improvisational-jazz musician Marion Brown who died in 2010.
GRIOT GRIT
Documentary about Clarksdale, Mississippi's Griot Arts after-school program.
BAREFOOT WORKSHOPS: Greatest Hits
Curated collection of five film shorts created during a decade of Barefoot Workshops in Clarksdale.
• Just Monkey - Po Monkey's famous Delta juke joint. https://vimeo.com/31284566
• Son & Son - Bluesmen Pat and Son Thomas of Leland. https://vimeo.com/9874353
• The Real Deal - Clarksdale's Cat Head blues store. https://vimeo.com/12076718
• Black & Blue - Bluesman-folk-artist James "Super Chikan" Johnson. https://vimeo.com/12074604
MORE! at BAREFOOT WORKSHOPS! - http://barefootworkshops.org/
VIRTUAL JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL CELEBRATION
Juke Joint Festival's "punt"... in the face of April 2020's crashing pandemic... 27 acts, 9 hours... friends and fans playing and watching from around the world. Relive PART I at:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2866157760141954&ref=watch_permalink
JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL REVISITED
Ted Reed's cinematic flashback to Clarksdale's 2019 Juke Joint Festival.