Catalogue des films par mot-clé
Philip Priestley | France | 2000 | 52 mn
Most of the legendary blues singers are gone, but they left behind legacy which still resonates in the music and ideas of the generation which followed. These blues masters lived extraordinary lives. In three minutes (the running time of a song),...
Marc Oriol | France | 1999 | 58 mn
Levester Carter, also known as Big Lucky Carter has been playing blues since the 1950's and is one of the figures of the underground Memphis blues scene. At the age of 79, having just recorded his first album, he finally gets some long awaited...
Guetty Felin | France | 1999 | 58 mn
In 1965, Hal "Cornbread" Singer, an American tenor sax player known for his compositions which made him one of the precursors of rock'n'roll and rhythm'n'blues, sailed on the "Queen Elizabeth" for France. He settled in Nanterre in the suburbs of...
Frank Cassenti | France | 1999 | 26 mn
Pour son édition 1998, le Festival de Marciac est revenu aux sources du jazz et du blues, à l'origine de toute la musique populaire américaine. Émaillé de quelques interviews, ce film donne la priorité aux moments de concerts. Au programme,...
Pierre de Lattre | France | 1998 | 55 mn
Johnny was expelled from Belgium in inhuman circumstances five years after applying for political asylum. For the last months of his stay he had been forced to become clandestine, lying low in Brussels where he and Pierre were members of a music...
Fabien Raymond | France | 1997 | 26 mn
CharlElie Couture is a child of blues. Fabien Raymond, the director, has decided to follow his ballads in Chicago to give an idea of his mental universe. In one of the smallest of the biggest cities of the world, he gives us an urban vision of our...
Éric Pittard | France | 1997 | 57 mn
An original singer-guitarist (he does not use his instrument to accompany himself, but to offer his voice a sort of instrumental echo), he is also a marvellous story-teller. Éric Pittard followed this impenitent nomad (he gives over 300 concerts...
Patrick Meneais | France | 1997 | 52 mn
Lyrics in songs have often been sensual and erotic, from Tennesse Blues singers who used to hide naughty songs under everyday words to songs that clearly evoke love making. With the advent of rock, some artists had a new attitude, shocking for...