DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

The great flood / Hypnotic Pictures and Songline/Tone Field Productions present ; a film by Bill Morrison ; music by Bill Frisell ; produced by Phyllis Oyama.

Brooklyn, N.Y. : Icarus Films, 2013.

1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke out of its earthen embankments in 145 places and inundated 27,000 square miles. Part of its legacy was the forced exodus of displaced sharecroppers, who left plantation life and migrated to Northern cities, adapting to an industrial society with its own set of challenges. Musically, the Great Migration fueled the evolution of acoustic blues to electric blues bands that thrived in cities like Memphis, Detroit and Chicago becoming the wellspring for R&B and rock as well as developing jazz styles. THE GREAT FLOOD is a collaboration between filmmaker and multimedia artist Bill Morrison and guitarist and composer Bill Frisell inspired by the 1927 catastrophe.

Floods -- Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.

Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Blues (Music)

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Historical films.

Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century.

Southern States -- Population -- History -- 20th century.

Morrison, Bill, 1965 November 17-

Frisell, Bill.

Oyama, Phyllis.

Horne, Philip.

Hypnotic Pictures (Firm)

Songline/Tone Field Productions.

Icarus Films.

DVD insert includes the essay "High water marks" by Philip Horne.

Special feature: trailers.

Musicians: Bill Frisell (guitar), Ron Miles (trumpet), Tony Scherr (bass, guitar), Kenny Wollesen (drums, vibes).

DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; stereo.

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