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Southern Journey (Revisited)

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Exploring the sounds and history of the Southern States, SOUTHERN JOURNEY (REVISITED) is both a music documentary and a road movie. Set against the incendiary backdrop of the 2018 mid-term elections, and accompanied by a glorious soundtrack of blues and bluegrass, hollers and spirituals, the film retraces the route of an iconic song collecting trip from the late 1950s -- Alan Lomax's so-called "Southern Journey" -- seeking out echoes of the past and clues to the future. The film's haphazard and colorful cast of characters help provide a much-needed riposte to certain widely held and enduring beliefs about the South. Made at a time when the hard-won victories of the Civil Rights movement (which served as the backdrop to the original Southern Journey) are being challenged, the film travels beyond reductive stereotypes to explore instead the diversity and complexity of an area steeped in a fertile musical heritage.

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Phil Hoad Guardian [A] roving, loquacious documentary... Rated: 3/5 Sep 23, 2020 Full Review Andrew Mueller Uncut Magazine [UK] Southern Journey (Revisited) is very much fit to be bracketed with more thoughtful recent explorations of the heartland. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 17, 2020 Full Review Nick Davie One Room With A View Unfortunately, in pursuit of this cross-examination of southern America and Americana, the film is too short to make any revelatory assertions to satisfy those with deeper curiosities about the South. Rated: 3/5 Jun 29, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Exploring the sounds and history of the Southern States, SOUTHERN JOURNEY (REVISITED) is both a music documentary and a road movie. Set against the incendiary backdrop of the 2018 mid-term elections, and accompanied by a glorious soundtrack of blues and bluegrass, hollers and spirituals, the film retraces the route of an iconic song collecting trip from the late 1950s -- Alan Lomax's so-called "Southern Journey" -- seeking out echoes of the past and clues to the future. The film's haphazard and colorful cast of characters help provide a much-needed riposte to certain widely held and enduring beliefs about the South. Made at a time when the hard-won victories of the Civil Rights movement (which served as the backdrop to the original Southern Journey) are being challenged, the film travels beyond reductive stereotypes to explore instead the diversity and complexity of an area steeped in a fertile musical heritage.
Director
Rob Curry, Tim Plester
Producer
Rob Curry, Tim Plester
Production Co
Fifth Column Films
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 15m