We screened a number of music related films throughout the weekend.

Winning films

Feature length documentary - The Folksinger

Feature length biography - Two Headed Cow

Short films or documentaries - Cross Country With The Snakes

Previews and Trailers - My Blue Star

pictured above: detail from Christoph Mueller's Certificate Artwork

Featured

We're proud to have featured film for Sat July 19 will be "Two Headed Cow" directed by Tony Gayton, produced by Lisa Wells Fincannon and Bill Cody, executive producers Craig Fincannon and Frank Capra, Jr. Dex Romweber Duo performed mainstage Saturday July 19 at 7:45.

"Two Headed Cow" is a movie about roots rocker Dexter Romweber and his music - his original band the Flat Duo Jets was one of the most influential bands of the last two decades and has been an inspiration for many other musicians..." source: film myspace page.

Friday at 10:30am to start things off we presented Robert Mugge's "Deep Blues". Pictured above, L to R, top to bottom, Robert Palmer and Wade Walton in Walton's Clarksdale MS barbershop, Robert Mugge with Jack Owens in Bentonia MS, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes in Greenville MS, Big Jack Johnson in Clarksdale MS. Photos: Axel Kustner.

Friday July 18, 10:00pm featured Max Shores' award winning "Hill Country Troubadour" a story about Richard Johnston. Photo: Alice Wilson. view trailer

Sunday July 20, 10:00pm, featured semi-fictional narrative, M.A. Littler and Slow Boat Films "The Folksinger". Pictured here Scott Hiram Biram and Jon Konrad Wert. Photo: alive.n.kicking. view trailer

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Deep Blues

This 1991 film by Dave Stewart, Robert Palmer and Robert Mugge brings north Mississippi's hill country blues style to the world's attention.

Filmmakers: Dave Stewart and Robert Mugge
Friday July 18, 10:30am – (90min)

Dare You To Do It Again

A juke-joint throw down presided over by Sister Jessie Mae is more than a recording session; this evening will prove to be a summit, reunion, and document.

Produced by Olga Wilhelmine Munding-Mathus & Tyler B. Austin, foundation website: www.jmhemphill.org, view trailer
Sunday July 20, 10:30am – (60min)

Songs Inside The Box

Introduces viewers to the culture of Cigar box guitar music via the 3rd annual Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza held in Huntsville Alabama in 2007.

Directed by Max Shores
Saturday July 19, 3:30pm – (57min)

Seven Signs

Music, culture and deep south oddities as witnessed through the eyes of Legendary Shack Shaker's frontman, Col. J.D. Wilkes..

Filmmakers: a film by JD Wilkes with Blake
Judd, Todd Tue, and Jacob Ennis, view trailer
Sunday July 20, 1:30pm – (60min)

You See Me Laughin'

The spirit and history behind the maverick Fat Possum Records and its artists, including archival footage and interviews with legendary bluesmen Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, T-Model Ford and others.

Directed by Mandy Stein, view trailer Friday July 18, 12:30pm – (80min

The Folksinger

A Folk blues singer troubled by religious demons, anger, doubt and the need to provide for his unborn child embarks on a grueling month long tour through the backroads of Texas and Louisiana. Music by Deep Blues Festival artists Possessed by Paul James, Scott H. Biram, Reverend Deadeye and more.

Filmmaker: M.A. Littler, view trailer
Sunday July 20, 10:00pm FEATURED FILM – (90min)

Ninety Minutes Out Of Ten Thousand Hours

A ninety minute sample of the passion behind fan recordings from Steve Greer's video collection of club, concert and festival footage.

Produced and Directed by Steve Greer
Sunday July 20, 3:30pm – (90min)

One Man In The Band

British filmmaker documents the one-man band phenomenon Europe and America. Deep Blues Fest artist Honkeyfinger is featured.

Filmmaker: Adam Clitheroe, view trailer
Saturday July 19, 1:30pm – (83min)

Cheat You Fair, The Story of Maxwell Street

The life, death and culture in the Chicago immigrant neighborhood open air market which thrived from the 1800's until it's destruction in 1994

Directed/Written by Phil Ranstrom, view trailer
Saturday July 19, 11:00am - (90min)

Jescofest 2006

Festival footage from a benefit concert held Hinton, WV celebrating "Dancing Outlaw" Jesco White.

Filmmaker: Ron Smith
Saturday July 19, 6:30pm – (120min)

Two Headed Cow

This unflinching look at uncompromising roots rock legend (and Deep Blues Festival artist) Dexter Romweber starting with the mid-80s and the life and death of the Flat Duo Jets and the lost years that followed to his resurgence in 2004 as The Dexter Romweber Duo.

Directed by Tony Gayton, produced by Lisa Wells Fincannon and Bill Cody, executive producers Craig Fincannon and Frank Capra, Jr., view trailer
Saturday July 19, 10:00pm FEATURED FILM – (83min)

Hill Country Troubadour

The compelling story behind 2001 International Blues Challenge winner, north Mississippi hill country disciple and one man band phenom Richard Johnston. 

Directed by Max Shores, view trailer
Friday July 18, 10:00pm FEATURED FILM – (55min)

Willie King, Down In The Woods

This Alabama backwoods juke-joint musician lives and breathes the blues every moment of his life.

Produced & Directed by Saskia Rietmeijer & Bart Drolenga, view trailer
Friday July 18, 5:15pm – (60min)

Hard Times

The good times and hard times of seventy-five year old Mississippi-born former sharecropper, boxer, and St.Louis night club owner, harmonica master and vocalist Big George Brock.

Filmmaker: Damien Blaylock and Roger Stolle
Friday July 18, 3:00pm – (70min)

Born In The Honey, The Pinetop Perkins Story

Traces the journey of 93 year old blues piano legend and Muddy Waters sideman, Pinetop Perkins.

Sagebrush Productions
Sunday July 20, 5:30pm – (60min)

A Journey Through The Blues, The Son Seals Story

The inspiring story behind the life of the late Frank "Son" Seals from his humble beginnings in 1940's Arkansas to Chicago, Rounder Records and world wide acclaim to his death in 2004.

Sagebrush Productions
Sunday July 20, 7:00pm – (56min)

Journey South

Focuses on the lives Arkansas and Mississippi Bluesmen: Robert Lowery, Robert Mitchell, Napolian Strickland, and Othar Turner through interviews and performances filmed 2000 to 2001.

Filmmaker: Niles Atallah, view trailer
Friday July 18, 2:00pm – (27min)

Cross Country With The Snakes

Traveling with The Black-Eyed Snakes on their 2005 winter ski tour to Colorado and Utah

Filmmaker: Hansi Johnson, view trailer
Friday July 18, 9:30pm – (13min)

Electrified

An exploration of the birth of Maxwell Street era Chicago electric urban blues.

Directed/Written/Produced by Phil Ranstrom
Sunday July 20, 12:15pm – (40min)

Hasil Adkins Live @ Local 506

Hasil Adkin's personal dvd booking demo which has never been shown in public.

Filmmaker: Ron Smith
Saturday July 19, 6:00pm – (26min)

M for Mississippi

This road trip through the dying heart of an American art form in the land where it began – Mississippi; captures the sound and culture of the last remaining juke joints and the artists who play them.

Filmmakers: Jeff Konkel and Roger Stolle, view trailer
Friday July 18, 4:30pm – (trailer only)

My Blue Star

An extended trailer for Ron Smith's definitive documentary of primal Appalachian musician Hasil "Haze"Adkins.

Filmmaker: Ron Smith, view trailer
Saturday July 19, 5:00pm – (unfinished preview) (55min)

Gettin' The Blues

Documents Blues artists in the North East of England, the UK and beyond.

Producered & Directed by Sean Patterson
Sunday July 20, 11:30am – (trailers only) (35min)