In 1941, folklorist Alan Lomax traveled from the Library of Congress to the Mississippi Delta to record an oral history of the blues. Equipped with 500 pounds of audio equipment powered by his car battery, he ventured across nameless roads to discover the most beautiful and harrowing songs ever sung.
Jesse Kreitzer
Director, Writer
Richard Jewell74%
The Current War66%
Respect67%
Radium Girls65%
Oranges and Sunshine69%
Get On Up67%
Victoria & Abdul68%
J. Edgar62%
Belfast70%
12 Years a Slave79%
On the Basis of Sex73%
Suffragette71%
Blaze62%
The Book of Daniel70%
Chevalier64%
The Railway Man68%
The Boys in the Boat72%
Nickel Boys66%
Shattered Glass69%
Jobs61%