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The Soul of a Man

Where to Watch The Soul of a Man Online

Want to behold the glory that is 'The Soul of a Man' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Wim Wenders-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Soul of a Man' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Soul of a Man' right now, here are some details about the Jigsaw Productions documentary flick.

Released , 'The Soul of a Man' stars Laurence Fishburne, Chris Thomas King, Keith B. Brown, J.B. Lenoir The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a user score of 64 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 21 experienced users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "In "The Soul of A Man," director Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite blues artists: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence (recreations of '20s and '30s events - shot in silent-film, hand-crank style), rare archival footage, present-day documentary scenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Chris Thomas King, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James "Blood" Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams and T-Bone Burnett." .

'The Soul of a Man' Release Dates

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting May 11th, 2004 - Buy The Soul of a Man DVD

The Blues

The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the development of the blues. The series originally aired on PBS in the United States.