Searching for The Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a captivating and compelling road trip through the creative spirit of the the Southern U.S. Director Andrew Douglas’s film follows “Alt Country” singer Jim White through a gritty terrain of churches, prisons, truck stops, biker bars and coal mines. This is a journey through a very real contemporary Southern U.S., a world of marginalised white people and their unique and home-made society. Along the way are road-side encounters with modern musical mavericks including The Handsome Family, Johnny Dowd, 16 Horsepower and David Johansen; old time banjo player Lee sexton; rockabilly and mountain Gospel churches - and novelist Harry Crews telling grisly stories down a dirt track. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.7/10 | |
Released: | May 5, 2004 | |
Runtime: | 82 min | |
Genres: | Documentary | |
Companies: | Films Transit International | |
Cast: | David Eugene Edwards Harry Crews Johnny Dowd The Handsome Family | |
Crew: | Andrew Douglas Steve Haisman | |
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