Take Me to the River (2014 film)

Take Me to the River
Film poster
Directed byMartin Shore
Written by
  • Martin Shore
  • Jerry Harrison
  • Zac Stanford
  • Rick Clark
Produced by
  • Martin Shore
  • Jerry Harrison
  • Dan Sameha
  • Brett Leonard
  • Lawrence Mitchell
  • Cody Dickinson
Starring
CinematographyNathan Black
Edited by
  • Maxx Gillman
  • Julie Janata
Music byCody Dickinson
Production
company
Abramorama
Distributed by
Release date
  • September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Take Me to the River is a 2014 American documentary film directed by Martin Shore about music of Memphis, Tennessee. It premiered on March 11, 2014, at SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas.[1] The film was released on Netflix in August 2016, two years after its initial release.

The documentary celebrates the intergenerational and interracial musical influence of Memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. The film brings multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of recording a historic new album, to re-imagine the utopia of racial, gender and generational collaboration of Memphis in its heyday. A related education initiative partnered with Berklee College of Music to produce a curriculum and events based on the film.[2]

  1. ^ Berkshire, Geoff (March 12, 2014). "SXSW Film Review: 'Take Me To the River'". Variety. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Take Me to the River Education Initiative". ED News Daily. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2016-01-10.