Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy

Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy, is a 2017 United States documentary film directed by Cheryl Fabio and co-produced by director herself with KTOP and Sarah Webster Fabio Center for Social Justice.[1][2] The film revolves around the musician West Oakland and the Oakland Blues where described how postwar development impacted African Americans and their musical heritage.[3]

Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy
Directed byCheryl Fabio
Written byT. Watts
Produced byCheryl Fabio
CinematographyGodofredo Dizon
Edited byMeadow Holmes
Release date
  • October 2017 (2017-10) (USA)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

The film received positive reviews and won several awards at international film festivals.[4] The film premiered at the Grand Lake Theatre on 27 September 2017.[5]

Cast

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  • Alabama Mike
  • Betty Marvin
  • Dalhart Johnson
  • D'Wayne P. Wiggins
  • Electra Kimble Price
  • The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol
  • Freddie W. Hughes
  • Fantastic Negrito
  • Geoffrey Pete
  • Hartfield Brothers
  • Chauncey Crosby
  • David C Hartfield, Sr.
  • Robert Hartfield
  • Isabel Wilkerson
  • James A. Levi
  • James C. Moore, Sr.
  • Jesse James
  • John Turk
  • Lady Bianca
  • Larry Payton
  • Larry Vann
  • Lee Hildebrand
  • Leon “Denianke” Williams
  • Lenny Williams
  • Marvin Holmes
  • Nicholas Harper
  • Paul Tillman Smith
  • Rickey Vincent
  • Robert Geddins, Jr.
  • Robert O. Self
  • Ronald A. Wells
  • Ronnie K. Stewart
  • Sonny Rhodes
  • Sugar Pie DeSanto
  • “Terrible Tom” Bowden, Jr.
  • Wylie Trass

References

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  1. ^ "Evolutionary Blues". Evolutionary Blues official website. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Complete cast" (PDF). Finding Samuel Lowe official website. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy". Oakland Library. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Evolutionary Blues…West Oakland's Musical Legacy". Blues Blast Magazine. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. ^ "'Evolutionary Blues' Resurrects West Oakland's Musical Legacy". KQED. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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