Monochrome: Black, White & Blue(2017)
First Air Date: 2017-01-07
Average Runtime: 3h 0m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
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.
Keywords
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 3E01
1762 - 1865
Air Date: 2017-01-07
"The Blues", the language of the forlorn, grew from slave chants blended with many influences, proving foundational i...
E02
1865–1968
Air Date: 2017-01-07
The intoxicating essence of New Orleans permeates this episode as it explores the era of Storyville, the struggle for...
E03
1940–2015
Air Date: 2017-01-07
A look at 75 years of American history, where racism reframed inequality in the guise of a "new world", where a black...
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