The Land Where the Blues Began (1979)

An exploration of the musical and social origins of the blues, shot on location in Mississippi in 1978 by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long in association with the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television and broadcast on PBS in 1980. This re-release in 2009 includes two hours of additional music.

Released Dec. 1, 1979 58 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Music

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-movie, tmdb.blues-music, tmdb.music

Production Companies: Mississippi Educational Television

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English