You See me Laughing'
Mandy Stein:
You See me Laughing' (USA, 2002)
83 min - DVD - English.
Production: Journeyman Pictures
You See me Laughin' is a personal journey into the lives and music of the last of the Mississippi hill country bluesmen - farmers and laborers first, musicians second - men who, year after year, congregated on back porches and in tiny juke joints to drink and sing and play guitar. You See me Laughin' takes us on the road and into the homes of R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, T-Model Ford, Cedell Davis, Johnny Farmer and Asie Payton - musicians who've labored for the blues tradition despite lives steeped in poverty and violence. These are bluesmen unlike the famous few who've made it out of the Mississippi Delta. Most have lived among the same farms, small bars and competitive rivalries their entire lives. The result is a raw, powerful music that is fused with the cultural landscape of its musicians.
Mandy Stein
Documentary filmmaker Mandy Stein has grown up in the music business and now has built a career as a video producer. Her father Seymour, a prolific music producer and the founder of Sire Records, signed acts like the Ramones, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode and someone called Madonna. Her mother, Linda, managed the Ramones.
