Warming by the devil's fire
(DVD)

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Published
New York : Sony Music Entertainment :, [2003].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
DVD 789.43 War
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Published
New York : Sony Music Entertainment :, [2003].
Language
English
UPC
074645861999

Notes

General Note
Originally broadcast in 2003 as a segment of: The blues.
General Note
Series produced by Vulcan Productions and Road Movies Production in association with Cappa Productions & Jigsaw Productions ; originally produced for PBS and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; presented by WGBH Boston to PBS.
General Note
Contains bonus performance of Willie Dixon's Classic rendition of "Nervous" from 1966. Also includes on-camera interview with Charles Burnett; director commentary; director biography and filmography, etc.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, John N. Demps ; editor, Edwin Santiago ; music, Stephen James Taylor ; narrator, Carl Lumbly ; executive producer Martin Scorsese, Paul G. Allen, Jody Patton and Ulrich Felsberg.
Participants/Performers
Featured performers: Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr.
Description
Charles Burnett explores his own childhood being shuttled between a religious mother and a blues-loving uncle. His film combines fiction with documentary footage in the story of a young boy kidnapped to prevent his being saved by a church that viewed blues as the devil's music.
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DVD format, 5.1 surround sound.

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