Filmmaker Tim Sutton's film "Memphis," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of this year, is a unique film immersed in ethereal folklore and soul music, and follows the transformation of Ezra Jack from beloved soul singer to "ecstatic contemplator," providing a look at a man who achieves obscurity in the hope of finding salvation and rebirth. With a cast that includes Chicago artist and musician Willis Earl Beal, Lopaka Thomas, Constance Brantley, Devonte Hull, John Gary Williams, and Larry Dodson, the film, as Tambay wrote about it back in August, deals with "a strange singer with 'god given talent' drifts through the mythic city of...
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