The Soul of a Man

Emmy Award Winning Film Documentary

“The Soul of a Man” is a 2003 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders as the second installment of the documentary film series “The Blues” produced by Martin Scorsese. The film explores the musical careers of blues musicians Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, and J. B. Lenoir.

The film is narrated by Laurence Fishburne in character as Blind Willie Johnson, and features performances by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beck, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, James ‘Blood’ Ulmer, T-Bone Burnett, Eagle Eye Cherry, Shemekia Copeland, Garland Jeffreys, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Marc Ribot, Lucinda Williams, and Cassandra Wilson. The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography, and the Audience Award at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival. It was also screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

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