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The Soul of a Man

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Wim Wenders

STARRING
(in order of appearance)
Blind Willie Johnson………………...CHRIS THOMAS KING
Skip James ………………………….KEITH B. BROWN
H.C. Speirs………………………….JAMES HUGHES
Art Laibley………………………….DAVID HUGHES
Sound engineer………………………SHAYNE TINGLE
Secretary…………………………….JOY BRASHEARS

AS THEMSELVES…
(in alphabetical order)
BECK
T-BONE BURNETT
NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
EAGLE EYE CHERRY, VERNON REID, DAVID BARNES & JAMES "BLOOD"
ULMER
SHEMEKIA COPELAND
ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART
GARLAND JEFFREYS
LOS LOBOS
BONNIE RAITT
LOU REED
MARC RIBOT
JON SPENCER AND THE BLUES EXPLOSION
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
CASSANDRA WILSON
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STEVE & RONNOG SEABERG
DICK WATERMAN
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SKIP JAMES
J.B. LENOIR
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PRODUCED BY
Alex Gibney
PRODUCER
Margaret Bodde
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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Lisa Rinzler
EDITED BY
Mathilde Bonnefoy
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Liba Daniels
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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Belinda Clasen
LINE PRODUCERS
Samson Mücke
Paul Marcus
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE
In-Ah Lee
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FOR THE BLUES:
SUPERVISING PRODUCER
Mikaela Beardsley
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COORDINATING PRODUCER
Susan Motamed
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MUSIC SUPERVISOR
John McCullough
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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Belinda Clasen
CONSULTING PRODUCERS
Lisa Day
Scooter Weintraub
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SENIOR SERIES RESEARCHER
Jennie Amias
RESEARCHER
Salimah El-Amin
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Agnes Chu
POST PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Dan Luskin
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DV CAMERA OPERATORS
Lisa Rinzler
Wim Wenders
Donata Wenders
German Kral
Tristan G. Sheridan
Andreas Giesecke
Claudia Raschke-Robinson
Alex Gibney
Mathilde Bonnefoy

HAND-CRANKED CAMERA
OPERATOR
Andreas Giesecke
GAFFERS
Tristan G. Sheridan
Paul Bateman
Fritz Marx III
Bill Newell
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Damion Lawyer
KEY GRIPS
Allen Harrison
Tom Lembke
Keith Lowe
Rob McKenna
Kevin McMorrow
GRIPS
Samuel Chase
Sean McCague
Marshall Valentine
ELECTRICIANS
John M. Burnham
Bob Bates
Rocky Ford
Alex Hoyt
Jerry Patin
Jay Ryker
Rage Stewart

SUPERVISING MUSIC
Steve Jordan
PRODUCER - RE-MIX
MUSIC RE-MIXING ENGINEER
Niko Bolas
RECORDING STUDIOS
Effanel, New York
The Hit Factory, New York
Olympic Studios, London
MUSIC RECORDING
Robbie Adams, Danetracks, Inc.
ENGINEERS Steve Durkee
John Harris
Max Feldman
Nick Launay, Olympic Studios, London
Michael Piersante
Bruce Watson
SOUND MIXERS
Mike Filosa
Donald Thomas
PRODUCTION COORDINATORS
Gina Barge
Ian Edelman
LOCATION MANAGERS
Mark Hodge
Nina Parikh
Marla Ulrich

COSTUMES
Caroline Eselin
WARDROBE ASSISTANT
Katrina Fowler
MAKE UP
Caroline Eselin
Barbara Leister
ART DIRECTOR
April Grayson
SET CONSTRUCTION
Ronnie Eldridge
Burt Hajduk
PROPS
David Hughes

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Donata Wenders
CAR WRANGLER
Bob Maywhort
CASTING
Francine Thomas
CATERER
Robert Bagley, Sunshine Catering
CRAFT SERVICES
Mie-Ae & Gie-Ae Kim
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Ben Abrams
Nicola Behrman
Eleanor Bryant
Mike Burrows
Yuri Elvin
Earl Fyke
Damion Lawyer
Udo Pfeifer
SERIES CONSULTANT
Raffaele Donato
ASSISTANTS TO MARGARET BODDE
Andrew Bottomley
Katie Doering
ARCHIVAL RESEARCH SUPERVISOR
Jessica Berman-Bogdan
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE CONSULTANT
Paul Vernon
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE RESEARCH
Susan Hormuth
RESEARCH CONSULTANT
Ted Drozdowski
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Dirk Wilutzky
1ST ASSISTANT EDITOR
Nina Caspers
2ND ASSISTANT EDITOR
Nicolas Borzeix
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT EDITORS
Ben Abrams
Johannes Weuthen
Gisela Weibel
ONLINE SUPERVISOR
Wolf Bosse
DIGITAL COLORIST
Jet Omoshebi

ASSISTANT COLORIST
Philipp Orgassa

VISUAL EFFECTS ARTISTS
Kalle Max Hofmann
Jan Hübel
Jordanis Merenidis
ONLINE EDITOR
Sergej Range

ONLINE ASSISTANTS
Verena Herzog
Antje Ullrich

INHOUSE POST PRODUCER/DAS WERK
Tom Michel
SOUND DESIGN
Out of Silence
Erik Mischijew + Matz Müller
RE-RECORDING ENGINEER
Manfred Arbter
MIX ASSISTANTS
Margot Godow, Sabine Hermsdorf
RE-RECORDING STUDIO
Studio Babelsberg, Sound Dept.
SOUND DEPARTMENT LIAISON
Mandy Rahn
STUDIO BABELSBERG LOGO TKTKTKT
NARRATION RECORDIST
Elmo Weber, Guaranteed Media
TITLE LAYOUT
trickWILK Berlin
INTERNS
Miye Bromberg
Eric Canada
Brett Farley
Melinda Frame
Tyshawn Henry
Duke Johnson
David Kwong
Carol Lee
Meghan Leon
Joshua Lewis
Kyle McEneaney
Melanie von Marschalck
Eli Mavros
Steve Sole
Alexis Spraic
Andrea Zoltanetzky
TAPE TO FILM
Andreas Schellenberg
Moritz Peters
Florian Schröder
FILM PROCESSING
DuArt Film Laboratories, Inc.
SERIES TITLE SEQUENCE DESIGNED AND PRODUCED BY
Big Film Design
EDITORIAL CONSULTANT
Sloane Klevin, Blue Rock Edit, New York
SERIES ACCOUNTING
Melissa Lintinger
Jason Block & R.C. Baral
PAYROLL
Axium International Inc.
LEGAL
Sloss Law Office LLP
John Sloss, Esq.
Jacqueline Eckhouse, Esq.
Brent Cox
MUSIC COUNSEL
Michael Perlstein
INSURANCE
Reiff & Associates
TRAVEL
Upward Bound Travel
PUBLICITY
Dan Klores Associates, Inc.

FOR ROAD MOVIES FILMPRODUKTION:

MANAGING DIRECTOR
Frank Graf
LEGAL SERVICES
Valentina Lori
Kai-Peter Uhlig
LEGAL ADMINISTRATION AND DELIVERY
Karin C. Pennartz
AUDITOR
Erich Thum
ASSISTANT TO ULRICH FELSBERG
Hailon Li
ASSISTANT TO MANAGING DIRECTOR
Anna Rostosky

FOR VULCAN PRODUCTIONS:
DIRECTOR, DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTIONS
Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss
DIRECTOR, PUBLICITY AND MARKETING
Jason J. Hunke
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS AFFAIRS
B.J. Miller
DESIGNER
Erik Davidson
MANAGER, MEDIA RELATIONS
Michael Nank
MARKETING MANAGER
Denise Valenzuela

FOR WGBH BOSTON:
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Judith Vecchione
PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION
Mimi Curran
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PUBLICITY
Anne Zeiser
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
Michael Burton
Leanne Jenkins
Steven Johnston
BUSINESS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
Jay Fialkov
EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE
John Willis

BAND MUSICIANS
With T-Bone Burnett
Carla Azar
Keith Ciancia
Mike Elizando
Jim Keltner
Nick Lane
Daryl Leonard
Ken Rugler
Joe Sublett
Jade Vincent
With Nick Cave
Mick Harvey
Conway Savage
Jim Sclavunos
With Shemekia Copeland
Arthur Neilson
With Garland Jeffreys
Alan Freedman
With Los Lobos
Victor Besetti
Pete Thomas
With Bonnie Raitt
Ricky Fataar
James "Hutch" Hutchinson
Pete Thomas
Jeff Young
Johnny Lee Schell
With Lou Reed
Michael Rathke
Fernando Saunders
Tony "Thunder" Smith
With Cassandra Wilson
Kevin Breit
Jeffrey Haynes
Calvin Jones
Marvin Sewell
With Lucinda Williams
Don Heffington
Doug Pettibone
Phil Parlapiano
Taras Prodanius
Bo Ramsey

SPECIAL THANKS
The Lenoir Family
Paul Ackling
Joanna Ashton-Jones
Peter Amft
Allegrezza Piano Company
Tim Bernett
Ina Biallas
Blue Front, Bentonia, MS
Jan Bonath & Helmut Fischer
Denise Booth
Virgil Brawley
Francesca Breetzke
Algie Broom & Sound Communications Corp.
Frank Callari
Elisabeth Chong
Downtown Storage Complex, Jackson, MS
-Bob Buchanan, Charles Stewart, George Mannie
Farish St. Restoration Project, Jackson, MS
Emanuel Fialik
Chip Giddes
Peter Guralnick
John Hahn
Marc Hansell
Bruce Iglauer
Matthew Johnson
J&R BBQ
Kathy Kane
Uli Kunz
Clay Lahatte
Dana Lathan
Pascal Leister
Mark Datema Lipscomb
Tommy Manzi
Jane Marvin, Effanel Music
Jonny Meister
Mississippi Film Office
- Ward Emling & Nina Parikh
Giles Oakley
Jim O'Neal
Rainer Pyls
The Queen of Hearts
Rosa's Lounge
Jeff Rosen
Scavengers' Paradise, LA
Scopas Media
Ronnog & Steve Seaberg
Dick Shurman
Noah Smith
Sunset Sound
Texas Film Commission
Till Vanish
Olaf Wicke
Jona Wirbeleit

 

LOCATIONS

Knitting Factory, Hollywood

The Mississippi Hill Country: A Musical Celebration, presented by Arts at St. Ann's (Susan Feldman, Artistic Director) and Dub Cornett , New York, November 2001

ARCHIVAL CREDITS
Archive Films by Getty Images
Budget Films Stock Footage
Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd and MGH Productions
Grinberg Film Libraries
Historic Films Archives, LLC
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
John E. Allen Inc.
Library of Congress
Lytle Collection, Southern Media Archive, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi
Newport Folk Festival footage courtesy Murray Lerner and Newport Folk Foundation
NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
National Archives and Record Administration
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Steve & Ronnog Seaberg
Robert Stigwood Organization
Streamline Films
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Dick Waterman

 

 

This Series was originally produced for PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

 

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