The film features rare footage, including previously unpublished material of J.B. Lenoir.

Wenders describes the film more as a "poem" than a traditional documentary. It avoids a strictly chronological approach, instead using a mix of techniques to bring the music to life: The film features rare footage

An evangelist whose religious themes outsold many secular blues artists during the Depression.

A politically engaged musician whose lyrics addressed the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War. Gold Records in Deep Space The Soul of a Man(2003)

Actor Laurence Fishburne provides the voiceover, speaking from the perspective of Blind Willie Johnson. Featured Artists