"THE GREAT FLOOD" IS ONE OF TWO NOT-TO-BE-MISSED FILMS WHICH ARE BEING SHOWN AT THE 2013 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL . . . THE OTHER IS THE MAGICAL "MUSCLE SHOALS"

THIS 2012 DOCUMENTARY IS HAVING ITS CANADIAN PREMIERE AT THIS YEAR'S V.I.F.F.  THE FILM RELATES THE STORY OF THE 1927 MISSISSIPPI FLOOD.
1920'S BACK PORCH ACOUSTIC BLUES ARTISTS LIKE CHARLEY PATTON ("HIGH WATER EVERYWHERE") AND MEMPHIS MINNIE ("WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS") SANG OF THIS CRUSHING NATURAL DISASTER.  A DREADFUL, DEVASTATING EVENT THE FLOOD LED TO AN EXODUS OF DELTA SHARECROPPERS FROM THEIR RURAL HOMES TO THE INDUSTRIAL NORTHERN STATES.  THE DELTA MUSIC THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM MORPHED INTO RHYTHM 'N' BLUES, ROCK 'N' ROLL AND CHICAGO ELECTRIC BLUES.
DIRECTOR BILL MORRISON MELDS THE U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVE AND FOXTONE NEWS FOOTAGE OF 27,000 SQUARE MILES OF DROWNED DEVESTATION WITH THE MUSIC OF BILL FRISELL INTO THIS MUST-SEE EIGHTY MINUTES OF CINEMA FOR ALL NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC LOVERS AND SOUTHERN MUSIC FANS.

Showtimes:
Wednesday, Oct. 9th 2:00 pm - The Centre For The Perf. Arts 777 Homer at Robson
Friday, Oct. 11 7:00 pm - Van. Intl. Film Cent. 1118 Seymour at Davie- 

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