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Warming by the Devil's Fire

Name: Warming by the Devil's Fire
Released: 2003-10-01
Rating: 7
Cast: Carl Lumbly, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr, Susan Mcwilliams, Big Bill Broonzy

Ratings: IMDB 7 / TMDB

Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Carl Lumbly, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr, Susan Mcwilliams, Big Bill Broonzy, Willie Dixon, Lightnin Hopkins, Son House, Nathaniel Lee Sr, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Sonny Boy Williamson
Region: United States
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2003-10-01
Runtime: 88 min
Original language: English
Release dates: United States 2003-10-01

Overview

Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.

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