The Blues

2003, documentary, music

The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the development of the blues. The series originally aired on PBS in...

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Cast

Dick Waterman

Self - Son House's manager (1 episode), Self (1 episode)

Taj Mahal

Self (1 episode)

Salif Keita

Self (1 episode)

Ali Farka Touré

Self (1 episode)

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Sam Carr

Self (1 episode)

Toumani Diabate

Self (1 episode)

Corey Harris

Self (1 episode)

Son House

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Willie King

Self (1 episode)

Habib Koité

Self (1 episode)

Leadbelly

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Keb' Mo'

Keb' Mo'

Self (1 episode)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Self (1 episode)

Johnny Shines

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Otha Turner

Self (1 episode)

Muddy Waters

Muddy Waters

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Chris Thomas King

Blind Willie Johnson (1 episode)

Keith B. Brown

Skip James (1 episode)

James Hughes

H.C. Speirs (1 episode)

David F. Hughes

Art Laibely (as David Hughes) (1 episode)

Shayne Tingle

Sound engineer (1 episode)

Joy Brashears

Secretary (1 episode)

T-Bone Burnett

Self (as T-Bone Burnett) (1 episode)

James Blood Ulmer

Self (as James 'Blood' Ulmer) (1 episode)

Beck

Beck

Self (1 episode)

David Barnes

Self (1 episode)

Nick Cave

Nick Cave

Self (1 episode)

Eagle-Eye Cherry

Eagle-Eye Cherry

Self (1 episode)

Shemekia Copeland

Self (1 episode)

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Self - Narrator (1 episode)

Skip James

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Garland Jeffreys

Self (1 episode)

J.B. Lenoir

J.B. Lenoir

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

John Mayall

John Mayall

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

Self (1 episode)

Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Self (1 episode)

Vernon Reid

Self (1 episode)

Marc Ribot

Self (1 episode)

Seaberg Ronnog

Self (1 episode)

Steve Seaberg

Self (1 episode)

Richard Shurman

Self (1 episode)

Lucinda Williams

Self (1 episode)

Cassandra Wilson

Self (1 episode)

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Self (1 episode)

B.B. King

B.B. King

Self (1 episode)

Ike Turner

Self (1 episode)

Rosco Gordon

Self (1 episode)

Roy Hawkins

Roy Hawkins

Self (1 episode)

Elizabeth Cotten

Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Marshall Chess

Self (1 episode)

Chuck D

Chuck D

Self (1 episode)

Marcia Ball

(1 episode)

Ray Charles

Ray Charles

(1 episode)

Crew

Production

Jody Allen

Executive producer (7 episodes)

Peter Schwartzkopff

Executive producer (7 episodes)

Margaret Bodde

Margaret Bodde

Producer (2 episodes)

Paul Allen

Executive producer (2 episodes)

Ulrich Felsberg

Executive producer (1 episode)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Executive producer (1 episode)

Sam Pollard

Sam Pollard

Producer (1 episode)

Jody Allen

Executive producer (1 episode)

Robert Kenner

Producer (1 episode)

Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney

Producer (1 episode)

Bruce Ricker

Producer (1 episode)

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Producer (1 episode)

Editing

David Tedeschi

Editor (1 episode)

Mathilde Bonnefoy

Mathilde Bonnefoy

Editor (1 episode)

Charlton McMillan

Editor (1 episode)

Ed Santiago

Editor (1 episode)

Bob Eisenhardt

Editor (1 episode)

David Martin

Editor (1 episode)

Joel Cox

Editor (1 episode)

Gary Roach

Editor (1 episode)

Camera

Arthur Jafa

Arthur Jafa

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Lisa Rinzler

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Richard Pearce

Director of Photography (1 episode)

John L. Demps Jr.

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Mark Benjamin

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Vic Losick

Director of Photography (1 episode)

Writing

Peter Guralnick

Writer (2 episodes)

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Writer (1 episode)

Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon

Writer (1 episode)

Charles Burnett

Charles Burnett

Writer (1 episode)

Directing

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Director (1 episode)

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Director (1 episode)

Richard Pearce

Director (1 episode)

Charles Burnett

Charles Burnett

Director (1 episode)

Marc Levin

Marc Levin

Director (1 episode)

Mike Figgis

Mike Figgis

Director (1 episode)

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Director (1 episode)

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