![]() Born in 1935 on Bonnie Blue plantation in Tunica, Mississippi, apprenticing with Sonny Boy Williamson II and Howlin’ Wolf, and schooled by Muddy Waters, James ‘Super Harp’ Cotton became a mentor to harp players around the globe as he brought the delta blues into mainstream rock ‘n roll. This new film capture’s America’s soul as the blues becomes interpreted in jazz, big band, rock and roll, punk, hip-hop and rap. In between are tours with Janis Joplin, Paul Butterfield and sessions with the Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Steve Miller, B.B. Cotton’s life tracks a swath of America’s history - from the post-depression cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta to tough Chicagoland’s era of brilliant artistic reinvention to today’s live music scene in Austin, Texas. THE FILM: "Bonnie Blue: James Cotton’s Life in the Blues" is an emotionally evocative feature documentary that portrays the untold story of James Cotton, a legend whose musical influence shaped the Chicago Blues style having been mentored with the originators of the Delta blues tradition. SPECIAL GUESTS: Executive producer Judy Laster (co-founder The Reel Blues Fest, founder Woods Hole Film Festival) and co-producer James Montgomery (acclaimed leader of the James Montgomery Blues Band). Laury - Wade Walton - Jessie Mae’s Fife And Drum Band. Burnside - Jessie Mae Hemphill - Big Jack Johnson - Roosevelt “Booba” Barnes - Jack Owens & Bud Spires - Lonnie Pitchford - Booker T. Featuring the music of Junior Kimbrough - R.L. The resulting film expresses reverence for the rich musical history of the region, spotlighting local performers, soon to be world-renowned, thanks in large part to the film, and demonstrating how the blues continues to thrive in new generations of gifted musicians. Along the way, they visited celebrated landmarks and documented talented artists cut off from the mainstream of the recording industry. Starting on Beale Street in Memphis, they headed south to the juke joints, lounges, front porches, and parlors of Holly Springs, Greenville, Clarksdale, Bentonia, and Lexington. In 1990, commissioned by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, veteran music film director Robert Mugge and renowned music scholar Robert Palmer ventured deep into the heart of the North Mississippi Hill Country and Mississippi Delta to seek out the best rural blues acts currently working. It's a genuine document, deep and earthy a peek into our national soul."- Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times. PRESENTED BY Nina Parikh and Carey Miller of the Mississippi Film Office, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023! THE FILM: Newly remastered in 4K and re-released by Film Movement Classics, "Robert Mugge's Deep Blues is a movie no blues lover, no popular music aficionado, and no devotee of American culture and folkways should miss. SPECIAL GUEST: Director Robert Mugge ("Blues Divas," "Last of the Mississippi Jukes," "Hellounds on My Trail").
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