B.B. King - at Sing Sing Prison [2008]

This is a fascinating and gripping documentary about a tough New York correctional facility. The concert forms a major part of the documentary but it's intercut with numerous short interviews with various characters both inmates and workers. The film makers and performers are so clearly outsiders and visitors to a difficult and tense place. The film makers welcomed, or tolerated cautiously by inmates who have no trust of eachother let alone their guests. The camera techniques and quality of film, which is rough and ready in the poorly lit setting, often at difficult angles and in ad hoc interviews, makes the footage even more natural and enthralling.Watch through this window into Sing Sing Prison from 1972 and you won't be able to take your eyes of it.

excellent, the CD is arrived in an very good condition

Interessante documentario, ma non per l'esibizione di B.B. King. Farebbe il paio con J. Cash live at S. Quentin se ci fosse più musica

Reportage témoin d'une époque. Deux ou trois chansons de Joan Baez, trois de BB king !Assez mal filmé mais ce n'est pas le seul documentaire de 'musique' qui soit mal fait !Les videos se trouvent séparément sur internet. Pour collectionneurs éventuels, pas plus !!

Don't let the 'B.B. King" plastered all over this fool you. In this entire film, B.B. performs 3 songs. This is a film about the producers trying to do a show at Sing Sing Prison. Although not the greatest, it still held my attention. If you're a B.B. fan, save your money and watch the clips on Youtube. They're all there. Otherwise, this is pretty much your standard early seventies documentary/concert film with Joan Baez getting most of the screen time.