The Films of John Sayles: Honeydripper

Directed by John Sayles
(United States, 2007, 124 minutes, color)
Starring Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta
Director John Sayles presents a musical fable about the death of the blues and the dawn of rock-androll
in this tale of a rural Black community and an Alabama roadhouse that is losing its customers to a
rival business. Roger Ebert called it, “Rich with characters and flowing with music.”
NOTE: John Sayles will appear at the Writers Institute on February 27th.