Super Chikan

A Life in Blues both celebrates and explores the personal and musical life of one of Mississippi's most treasured sons. Having travelled the world sharing his own unique brand of blues music, James 'Super Chikan' Johnson, at the age of 73, still strives to balance a musical career while providing for his family. This film endeavours to not only lay bare Chikan's own story, but also examines how the culture and setting of the south has ultimately influenced his journey.

A film shot in (2014 and 2015) about the last remaining raw bluesmen from Mississippi and Tennessee. Full Blues Documentary STARRING: Robert Bilbo Walker Raymond Pat Thomas Watermelon Slim Super Chikan Bill Abel Deak Harp Vince Johnson Sonny Mack 'Blues Before Sunrise' is a snapshot of a place stuck in time which captures a few of the remaining authentic, rugged Delta Blues men and their intensely personal and powerful music. Five friends from the United Kingdom set out on a journey to seek the source of our passion for Delta Blues. The film is shot without a presenter, the narrative is told entirely through the experiences and stories of each legend interjected only with shots of the landscape.