Crossroads Blues - Documentary - English Version

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"CROSSROADS" is a musical movie based on the legends of the black guitarist Robert Johnson, died mysteriously in 1938. It's a PACT WITH THE DEVIL there. One night, at the crossroads, a man forces the fate and sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for glory. The fame arrives fast, but it contains a curse. Robert Johnson dies after the recording of 29 songs. The legend says that there would be a thirtieth piece. Whoever will find it will become immensely rich and will release Johnson of his pact.

Robert " Bud " Johnson is a homonym of famous Bluesman. He is white, lives in Missouri and follows a strange dream : be the one who will find the thirtieth track. Shot in the Delta of the Blues, between Memphis and Greenwood in Mississipi, CROSSROADS tells Robert's trip " Bud " Johnson on the old abandoned roads and the cotton fields.

Twenty five musical clips filmed with two cameras to understand the Blues of the origins. The legend of "Crossroads" where Robert Johnson would have sold his soul to the Devil is handled within sequences of reconstruction where " Bud " Johnson meets the Devil who try repeatedly to prevent him from continuing his quest.
Robert Johnson is not only a mythical blues guitarist with his 29 pieces recorded in two days. The legends on his life and its disappearance are known from every guitarists. So much that there would be three graves known for the Bluesman. No blackman, died in the 30s, had such a fame and such a fate.

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CROSSROADS, the Road of BLUES - 1 h 30 min. English original version with french subtitles. (Produced by VERSION INTÉGRALE, a french documentary companie).

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