Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy

Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy, is a 2017 United States documentary film directed by Cheryl Fabio and co-produced by director himself with KTOP and Sarah Webster Fabio Center for Social Justice.[1][2] The film revolves around the musician West Oakland and the Oakland Blues where described how postwar development impacted African Americans and their musical heritage.[3]

Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy
Directed byCheryl Fabio
Produced byCheryl Fabio
Written byT. Watts
CinematographyGodofredo Dizon
Edited byMeadow Holmes
Release date
October 2017 (USA)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

The film received positive reviews and won several awards at international film festivals.[4] The film premieres at the Grand Lake Theater on 27 September 2017.[5]

Cast
  • Alabama Mike
  • Betty Marvin
  • Dalhart Johnson
  • D’ Wayne P. Wiggins
  • Electra Kimble Price
  • The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol
  • Freddie W. Hughes
  • Fantastic Negrito
  • Geoffrey Pete
  • Hartfield Brothers
  • Chauncey Crosby
  • David C Hartfield, Sr.
  • Robert Hartfiel d
  • Isabel Wilkerson
  • James A. Levi
  • James C. Moore, Sr.
  • Jesse James
  • John Turk
  • Lady Bianca
  • Larry Payton
  • Larry Vann
  • Lee Hildebrand
  • Leon “Denianke” Williams
  • Lenny Williams
  • Marvin Holmes
  • Nicholas Harper
  • Paul Tillman Smith
  • Rickey Vincent
  • Robert Geddins, Jr.
  • Robert O. Self
  • Ronald A. Wells
  • Ronnie K. Stewart
  • Sonny Rhodes
  • Sugar Pie DeSanto
  • “Terrible Tom” Bowden, Jr.
  • Wylie Trass

References
  1. "Evolutionary Blues". Evolutionary Blues official website. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. "Complete cast" (PDF). Finding Samuel Lowe official website. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. "Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy". Oakland Library. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. "Evolutionary Blues…West Oakland's Musical Legacy". Blues Blast Magazine. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. "'Evolutionary Blues' Resurrects West Oakland's Musical Legacy". KQED. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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