USA,
1985, 4 min
Shown in 1985
CREDITS
- dir
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Les Blank, Alan Governar
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COMMENTS
Shown with Louie Bluie.
A microcosmic Les Blank film in which Oakland bluesman Sonny Rhodes simultaneously addresses three of the filmmakers long-standing obsessions: death, cigarette smoking and the nature of the blues.
—Michael Goodwin
FACTOID #343
Director Sally Potter was the first person to be honored with the Festival’s Satyajit Ray Award. In 1993 she was interviewed onstage and her new film Orlando was screened. In 2005, she turned the tables by interviewing Peter J. Owens Award recipient Joan Allen.
