Take Me to the River

I really enjoyed this movie to great extent! It is a wonderful documentary about the Memphis music legacy. It has some archive footage as one could expect, but the core of the movie are the live music sessions during which older musicians meet up with younger Memphis musicians. Those sessions are all about the joy of creating music together and thus pass the torch to new generations and so is the entire movie. Older musicians tell wonderful stories of the past, but also point out the hardships they had to overcome. In particular the racism, the civil rights movement, the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. It all influenced the course of history and also the music. Blues blends with rap, soul with hiphop etc., etc.

I warmly recommend this movie because it originates directly from this love of music. And that's just so rich and beautiful.