Seven interpretive films directed by Martin Scorsese, Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Mike Figgis, Marc Levin, Richard Pearce, Wim Wenders

"The blues are the roots; everything else is the fruits."        - Willie Dixon

THE BLUES, executive produced by filmmaker Martin Scorsese, helps raise awareness of the blues and its contribution to American culture and music worldwide. Under the guiding hand of Scorsese, THE BLUES is a series of impressionistic and iconoclastic films - directors Scorsese, Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Mike Figgis, Marc Levin, Richard Pearce and Wim Wenders each exploring the music through his own personal connections.