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Film about the internal struggle between the sacred and the profane through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy visiting family in mississippi during the mid1950's. Sent there to be baptized by his preacher uncle,the youngster is instead kidnapped by another uncle, who shows him just what he's supposedly being saved from - lust, liquor and the music that fuels the devil's fire: the blues.The soundtrack to this sensual tale is a blues history lesson in itself, featuring classic recordings from early pioneers as W.C. Handy, Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey.