WARMING BY THE DEVIL’S FIRE

Warming By the Devil’s Fire es el único de los documentales de toda la serie The Blues dirigido por un realizador negro. Charles Burnett eligió ficcionalizar la mayor parte de su película y contar la travesía de un niño en los años 50, de alguna manera secuestrado por su propio tío, quien lo interna en el Sur Profundo, no tanto para enseñarle quiénes son los héroes del blues sino para hacerle vivir el ambiente y las costumbres que rodean a una música pegada, como pocas, a un modo de vida.

Warming By the Devil’s Fire is the sole documentary in the whole series The Blues which was directed by a black filmmaker. Charles Burnett chose to fictionalize the best part of his movie and tell the story through a boy’s experience in the fifties, kidnapped in a certain way by his very own uncle who takes him to the Deep South not so much to teach him who are the heroes of blues, but to make him feel the atmosphere and manners surrounding a music fastened, as very few, to a style of life.