Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Soul Of A Man

Director Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite blues artists: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J.B. Lenoir. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence, rare archival footage, present-day documentary scenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James Blood Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams & T Bone Burnett.

Nearly 60 Minutes of special features:

5 full-length performances not seen in the film from: Lou Reed, Cassandra Wilson, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Marc Ribot & Chris Thomas King.

Outtake from the film "Visit to the plantation"

On-camera interview with Wim Wenders

Director commentary

Director biography and filmography

5.1 Stereo Mixes

The blues trailer