Warming by the Devil's Fire

Overview

Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.

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The Blues

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Cast

Tommy Redmond Hicks

Uncle Buddy

Nathaniel Lee Jr.

Junior

Carl Lumbly

Narrator