Product Details

• Actors: Keith David, Albert Murray, Robert Palmer, Albert Ammons, Louis Armstrong
• Directors: Ken Mandel
• Writers: Ken Mandel, Ralph Meyers, Toby Byron
• Producers: David Steffen, Hisao Ebine, Judy Rich, Richard Saylor
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bmg Special Product
• DVD Release Date: May 7, 2002
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006672M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #261,003 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Bluesland - A Portrait in American Music" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

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29 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Start "The Year of The Blues" by Watching This!, January 31, 2003

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William E Donoghue "Fessor Mojo" (Healdsburg CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bluesland - A Portrait in American Music (DVD)

The first five minutes tells it all with fine editing of a diddely bow, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Miles Davis into a mosaic of images and music that define blues and blues-based jazz for all time. You will find some new insight at which to marvel everytime you revisit this classic. One of the very finest blues documentaries ever made. You don't have to be a blues historian of even a fan to enjoy this fine DVD and gain new insights into the history not only of bluesmen or Blacks but America. The diaspora, the great migration from the deep South to the North was, at the time, the greatest peacetime migration in human history and its story is told in Bluesland. Toby Byron and his associates are to be celebrated for this excellent work of art.

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This DVD sucks. Buy somethign else., January 13, 2006

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Matty Rue "mattyruemorgue" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluesland - A Portrait in American Music (DVD)

More stock footage woven between three old guys too busy talking about, to actually live the blues. The rare footage of Bessie smith, Billie Holiday, etc., etc. (almost all the greats are listed as having footage on here) is non-existent and pretty much adds up to a couple of promotional photos. Lame. To top it all off, it's even incfredibly short, but I didn't even notice that much. Poor.

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect condition and at a great price, December 17, 2011

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Alexxis Maae (DUARTE, CA, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluesland - A Portrait in American Music [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This VHS was shipped and arrived quickly. It was very affordable and Im happy with my buy. I saw this documentary on tv once and loved all the information I obtained from it and am glad that I now have it to watch whenever I want, my boyfriend and I have been having a lot of fun with showing this video to our friends to help open their eyes more on music and the roots.