Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2017-01-07

Last Air Date: 2017-01-07

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 3

Created By: Jon Brewer

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Top Cast

Morgan Freeman as Self
Jake Bugg as Self
Irvin Mayfield as Self
Lynn Jackaman as Self
John Mayall as Self
Allen Toussaint as Self
Joanne Shaw Taylor as Self
Charlie Musselwhite as Self
Keb' Mo' as Self
Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir as Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: 1762 - 1865 (2017-01-07)

"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.
Ep. 2: 1865–1968 (2017-01-07)

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.
Ep. 3: 1940–2015 (2017-01-07)

A look at 75 years of American history, where racism reframed inequality in the guise of a "new world", where a black American became president but young black men were killed by police with little recourse, and where uprisings ensued.