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Okay, Mr. Ray!
Okay, Mr. Ray!

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Okay, Mr. Ray!

NR·18m

Summary

No one could spin a yarn to make a sale like Ray Lum. Twenty years after their initial meeting, Bill Ferris returned home to Mississippi in the early ‘70s with a camera. The result reveals a look back at the colorful rhythms of Ray’s life—at home, at the auction, joking with strangers outside country stores— and provides a glimpse at Southern manhood, friendship and loss. Now nearly Ray’s age when they first filmed, Ferris has become a Grammy Award winning documentarian and renowned folklorist. Using never before seen 16mm footage and new animations, OKAY, MR. RAY is a short documentary film about how even the tallest tales help us keep the memory alive of the ones we love.

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Director

Ashley Melzer

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$35,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

auction
storytelling
mule
southern
folklore
trader
auctioneer
south
mississippi