Wim Wenders' contribution to the Martin Scorsese led seven films of the blues, from its African birth place to its monumental contemporary influence. This particular piece concentrates on the Blues legends, Skip James, J B Lenoir and Blind Willie Johnson. A mesmerising musical journey by a director with a passion. find out more...

Charles Burnett's contribution to this excellent series of music documentaries focuses on his own past and his obsession with the blues from an early age. Intoxicated by the taboo nature of the music (the title refers to his mothers assertion that it was 'the devil's music'), Burnett's creative account of his childhood mixes fictional storytelling with documentary footage of bluesmen. "I always wanted to do a story on the blues that not only reflected its nature and its content but also attitude find out more...

A self-narrated and consequently potted history of the producer Robert Evans, a man who rose from nowhere and made possible some of the greatest movies of the 1970s. Not least of which being ‘The Godfather'. A prodigious mover and shaker, Evans' rarefied world went belly up when the scandals started to come thicker and faster than the successes. The kid stays in the picture is a fascinating insight into the world of the Hollywood power broker. find out more...

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