No one could spin a yarn to make a sale like Ray Lum. Twenty years after their initial meeting, Bill Ferris returned home to Mississippi in the early ‘70s with a camera. The result reveals a look back at the colorful rhythms of Ray’s life—at home, at the auction, joking with strangers outside country stores— and provides a glimpse at Southern manhood, friendship and loss. Now nearly Ray’s age when they first filmed, Ferris has become a Grammy Award winning documentarian and renowned folklorist. Using never before seen 16mm footage and new animations, OKAY, MR. RAY is a short documentary film about how even the tallest tales help us keep the memory alive of the ones we love. | ||
Title | : | Okay, Mr. Ray! |
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Production Countries | : | United States of America, |
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Genres | : | Documentary, |
Casts | : | Ray Lum, Square Harris, Ellwood Jenkins, Victor Bobb, |
Plot Keywords | : | auction, storytelling, mule, southern, folklore, trader, auctioneer, south, mississippi, |
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