Honeydripper, a film by John Sayles

Coverage of the Atlanta premiere of Honeydripper, which was sponsored by Hands on Atlanta as the kickoff to the MLK weekend activities.

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John Sayles reads the words of missionary Bartolome de Las Casas who traveled to the America’s at the same time at Chirstopher Columbus. Part of a reading from Voices of a People’s History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove,) May 2, 2007 in New York, New York.

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A message about Honeydripper from Danny Glover. Feel free to spread this around…

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Danny Glover and John Sayles appeared at The Times Center in an event hosted by the Museum of the Moving Image. They discussed film distribution and how it relates to Honeydripper.

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In September 2007, at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Paul DeBarros moderated this discussion about blues music with John Sayles and Clint Eastwood.

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Black Tree Media interviews Danny Glover about Honeydripper as a “period” piece, the evolution of jazz and rock as they relate to hip hop and bootlegging of music and movies.

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It’s 1950. Dusty roads and the cotton is high in Harmony, Alabama.

Honeydripper. It’s the name of the juke joint run by Tyrone Purvis. Things aren’t going well for Ty, whose place is more a social club for old bluesmen than a going concern.

Starring starring Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Charles Dutton, Vondie Curtis Hall, Keb Mo, Mary Steenburgen, and introducing Gary Clark, Jr.

Written and Directed by John Sayles
Produced by Maggie Renzi

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Honeydripper All-Star Band performing live at New York City’s River to River Festival. This song features Henderson Huggins whose hands make a cameo appearance in the film.

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Honeydripper All-Star Band performing live at New York City’s River to River Festival. This song features Eddie Shaw who also appears in the film.