The Soul of a Man 20 years old

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.

Credits

Laurence Fishburne as Narrator

T Bone Burnett as

John Mayall as

Lucinda Williams as

Skip James as

Chris Thomas King as Blind Willie Johnson

The Soul of a Man Cast

Name	Character
Laurence Fishburne He was 41, now 62 years old	as Narrator
T Bone Burnett He was 55, now 76 years old
John Mayall He was 69, now 90 years old
Lucinda Williams She was 50, now 71 years old
Skip James He was 100, 67 years old when he died
Chris Thomas King He was 40, now 61 years old	as Blind Willie Johnson
Bonnie Raitt She was 53, now 74 years old

The Soul of a Man Crew

Name	Department
Samson Mucke as Line Producer.	Production
Wim Wenders as Director. He was 57 (now 78) years old	Directing
Wim Wenders as Writer. He was 57 (now 78) years old	Writing
Paul Marcus as Line Producer. He was 48 (56) years old when He died	Production
Alex Gibney as Producer. He was 49 (now 70) years old	Production
Margaret Bodde as Producer.	Production

The Soul of a Man (20 years)

Release day: Friday, May 16, 2003
Runtime: 103 minutes