Blues highway

Blues Highway is a 1994 American short documentary film directed by Bill Guttentag and Vince DiPersio. The film is a moving blend of blues music and images recounts the journey of the millions of African-Americans who made their way from the Mississippi Delta to cities in the North during the 1930s and 1940s. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

This film traces the road of the Blues and takes us on a journey to mythical places: From the banks of the Niger to New Orleans, going up the Mississippi through Memphis to the skyscrapers of Chicago. It tells the story of this culture which faced the worst barriers and shows that Humanity can overcome barbarity.

"The Highway of Blues" is a documentary about the history of the blues. The film is a part of the series "Music, love, passion... or more than that" signed by the RTS documentary program. Most of the film was shot on authentic locations in America, and the main protagonist in the role of narrator, is the frontman of the band Texas Flood, Nenad Zlatanovic.

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