You See Me Laughin'
by Mandy Stein
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Actor: Asie Payton, Cedell Davis, Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, T-Model FordDirector: Mandy Stein
Brand: WEA DES Moines Video
Producer: Matthew Johnson
Producer: Mandy Stein
Editor: Josh Melnick
Producer: Hunter Gray
Producer: Jeremy Kipp Walker
Producer: Paul Mezey
Producer: Tyler Brodie
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 77 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fat Possum Records
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Movie Review: Last of a dying breed
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the real deal...back-porch players in their own delta environment who don't give a tinker's damn about anything but playing their music, drinkin', and enjoying what's left of thier time on earth. Their sensibility is miles away from the music business as we know it, and thank God for it because most people are completely oblivious to southern blues musician mindset and would probably never have a chance to "get it" otherwise because most of these players are truly a dying breed.
This film captures the heart and spirit of real African-American bluesmen who are still poor after being semi-famous for years...and they really couldn't care less. R. L. Burnside in particular has been releasing albums and playing around for years, been reviewed and celebrated in all the best rock and indie-alternative press, and still lives like any poor, black rural working man. These guys don't care about fancy boutique amps and expensive "guitar show" instruments. They make all the sound they need from a typical hodge-podge of beat up pawn shop instruments, playing in some cases with simple buttern knives when their hands no longer work.
If you understand the connection that the ancient African music traditions have to roots American music, look no further than this movie as an example of how it was preserved and passed on in the new world to this present day. This film may be one of the last testaments to a culture that will surely disappear soon in this 21st century.
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