John Sayles, USA, 124 min.,  in English with Spanish subtitles

In 1950 rural Alabama, it’s a make or break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge. Faced with mounting  debts and stiff competition from a rival nightclub and its newfangled  jukebox, Tyrone Purvis (Danny Glover) and his partner Maceo (Charles S. Dutton) book rhythm-and-blues star Guitar Sam to save their failing venue, the Honeydripper. But when Sam doesn’t show, Tyrone must take drastic action to keep the Honeydripper from closing its doors. With exquisite performances by Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Stacy Keach, Mary Steenburgen and Sean Patrick Thomas; and featuring musicians Keb’ Mo’ and Dr. Mable John—Honeydripper is an award winning film, full of great music and plenty of soul. “An engaging, inspirational, musically rich picture.”