Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

★ 0.0•2017•1 Seasons•ANIME

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.

Top Cast

Morgan Freeman

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Jake Bugg

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Irvin Mayfield

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Lynn Jackaman

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John Mayall

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Allen Toussaint

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Joanne Shaw Taylor

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Charlie Musselwhite

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Keb' Mo'

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Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir

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Morgan Molthrop

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Robert Plant

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Jimmy Page

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Bono

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Carlos Santana

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Episodes

Season:

1. 1762 - 1865

60m

"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.

Aired: 1/7/2017

2. 1865–1968

60m

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.