Warming by the Devil's Fire

Overview

Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.

Cast

Tommy Redmond Hicks

Uncle Buddy

Nathaniel Lee Jr.

Junior

Carl Lumbly

Narrator