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Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017•3h 0m
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Jon Brewer examines the history of blues music in America, marrying startling imagery and expert interviews with archival performances to fill in the gaps about the music itself, its origins and the impact it had and continues to have on popular music today.

Jon Brewer · Director

Laura Royko · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime3h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 7, 2017

Episodes

Episode 1 - 1762 - 1865E160m

1762 - 1865

"The Blues", the language of the forlorn, grew from slave chants blended with many influences, proving foundational in changing the American south as slaves sought freedom, but they faced great resistance including segregation, oppression and the American Civil War.

Jan 7, 2017

Episode 2 - 1865–1968E260m

1865–1968

The intoxicating essence of New Orleans permeates this episode as it explores the era of Storyville, the struggle for Civil Rights, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

Jan 7, 2017

Episode 3 - 1940–2015E360m

1940–2015

A look at 75 years of American history, where racism reframed inequality in the guise of a "new world", where a black American became president but young black men were killed by police with little recourse, and where uprisings ensued.

Jan 7, 2017

Actors

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

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Jake Bugg

Jake Bugg

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Irvin Mayfield

Irvin Mayfield

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Lynn Jackaman

Lynn Jackaman

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John Mayall

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Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint

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Joanne Shaw Taylor

Joanne Shaw Taylor

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Charlie Musselwhite

Charlie Musselwhite

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Keb' Mo'

Keb' Mo'

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Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir

Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir

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Morgan Molthrop

Morgan Molthrop

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Robert Plant

Robert Plant

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Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

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Bono

Bono

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Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana

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Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

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