Give My Poor Heart Ease (1975)
1975 · Short film · 21 min · dir. Bill Ferris
- Documentary
- Music
Synopsis
In his warm snapshot of the Mississippi Delta, folklorist and filmmaker William Ferris sits down with music legend B.B. King and other denizens of the deep south to talk about the blues. Interviewing local musicians ranging from inmates at Parchman Prison to a virtuoso guitar-playing barber, Ferris finds the genre cannot be pinned down to a single definition or origin. The blues permeates the territory as an infectious feeling, heard in musical notes thrummed from impromptu instruments like broomsticks and axes, in addition to guitars.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Bill Ferris
- Writer
- Bill Ferris
- Cinematography
- Dale Lindquist
- Released
- 1975-01-01
- Running time
- 21 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Educational Films, Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Blues (Music)
Cast & crew
Bill Ferris Director
B.B. King