Times Like Deese

A documentary about the Blues and the history of the USA. Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele went in search of older generations of blues performers and their modern successors, rappers and hip-hoppers. They traveled to the Mississippi Delta, the cotton fields of the American South, the birthplace of the low blues. The blues performers talk and sing about the past, slavery, discrimination, God, the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, and love. They sing about the current economic crisis and their expectations of Barack Obama. Will the hope for a change they express be heard?
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Script: Maarten Schmidt, Thomas Doebele
Cinematography: Maarten Schmidt
Editing: Maarten Schmidt, Thomas Doebele
Sound: Thomas Doebele
Music: “Blind Mississippi” Morris Cummings, L.C. Ulmer, Kechelle Britton, James “Super Chikan” Johnson, Josh “Razorblade” Stewart, Enoch “7th Prophet” El-Shamesh, Charlie Sayles, Chester “Memphis Gold” Chand
Production: Stichting Zig/Zag, The Netherlands T.+31 20 683 9591 F.+31 649 974 450 contact@timeslikedeese.comwww.timeslikedeese.com
Producers: Frank van Reemst
Co-production: VPRO television, The Netherlands
Format: HDCAM Color-B&W
Production Country: Τhe Netherlands
Production Year: 2011
Duration: 86
Contact: Stichting Zig/Zag The Netherlands T. +31 20 683 9591 F. +31 649 974 450 contact@timeslikedeese.com www.timeslikedeese.com

Maarten Schmidt

Filmography

With Thomas Doebele
1989 De grenzeloze vooruitgang – het bestaan van een Eskimo-familie
1995 I Have a Problem, Madam
1999 En darom werk ik
2004 Staat van verzorging
2005 Constant, avant le depart
2011 Times Like Deese

Thomas Doebele

Filmography

With Maarten Schmid
1989 De grenzeloze vooruitgang – het bestaan van een Eskimo-familie
1995 I Have a Problem, Madam
1999 En darom werk ik
2004 Staat van verzorging
2005 Constant, avant le depart
2011 Times Like Deese