GIP

  • The Man is the Music

Showings

Roxie Theatre Sat, Jun 3, 2017 9:30 PM
Roxie Theatre Sun, Jun 11, 2017 5:01 PM
Film Info
Director:Patrick Sheehan
Film Category:Music
African-American
Running Time:83 min.
Country:USA

Description

Gip is the story of Henry 'Gip' Gipson, a gravedigger by day and a hard drinking bluesman by night. In 1952 he started 'Gip's Place' - a ramshackle, thrown-together juke joint in his backyard in Bessemer, Alabama. Today, there are only a small handful of the original juke joints left and in fact, some argue that there are only four. But then Gip's Place, the last one in Alabama, was raided and closed.

Co-presented with Noise Pop.

Included Shorts

The Man is the Music (19min) More