USA,
1968, 31 min
Shown in 1995
CREDITS
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Les Blank
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COMMENTS
Shown with Sworn to the Drum. Les Blank was the subject of a tribute in 1995; he appeared in person.
Blank spent six weeks in Texas filming the great blues singer on his home turf for this moving, down-home portrait.
FACTOID #10
In 1960, Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, which has inspired many women to jump into fountains, was pulled from the San Francisco International Film Festival’s program by the distributor and replaced with Roberto Rossellini’s Night over Rome.
