BLUES LIKE SHOWERS OF RAIN: 1970 Documentary Classic

Runtime: 30 minutes

Directors: John Jeremy

Website: https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/16/archives/film-blues-like-showers-of-rain-30minute-movie-is-on-program-at.html

Classic 1970 blues documentary by John Jeremy that grew from photographs and field recordings made by Paul Oliver on a journey through the South in 1960. Oliver, a British architectural historian who devoted years to researching African American blues, memorialized the journey also in his 1963 book Conversation with the Blues. Featuring Blind James Brewer, Walter Davis, Blind Arvella Gray, Lightnin' Hopkins, St. Louis Jimmy, James "Stump" Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Speckled Red, Otis Spann, Henry Townsend and more. "The soundtrack is pure poetry... a marvellous documentary" – The Observer. "A beautifully edited film ... the film is remarkable" – The Guardian. Special thanks to Mr. Jeremy for allowing this rare public screening.