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THE REGENT THEATRE CELEBRATES THE YEAR OF THE BLUES! About The Blues The Blues’ seven films, by Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Richard Pearce, Charles Burnett, Marc Levin, Mike Figgis, and Clint Eastwood, capture the essence of blues music and delve into its global influence — from its roots in Africa to its inspirational role in today’s music. Sponsored by Volkswagen, The Blues project initiatives include an extensive Web site at www.pbs.org/theblues; the radio series; educational outreach; a companion book, and value-added DVDs, a CD box set, individual soundtracks for each show, a single “Best of” album and individual artist recordings. The Blues project will also go “On the Road,” to a national schedule of film, music and heritage events celebrating the blues throughout the year. The Blues is a presentation of Vulcan Productions and Road Movies in association with Cappa Productions and Jigsaw Productions; WGBH Boston presents the series on PBS; public television funding is provided by PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Along with Scorsese, Paul G. Allen and Jody Patton of Vulcan Productions and Ulrich Felsberg of Road Movies are executive producing the series; Alex Gibney is the series producer; Margaret Bodde is the producer, and Richard Hutton is the co-producer. The Blues is closed-captioned for viewers who are deaf and hard-of-hearing and described for people who are blind or visually impaired, by the Media Access Group at WGBH. The descriptive narration is made possible by a special grant from Volkswagen and is available on the SAP channel of stereo TVs and VCRs.
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