PLAYING GUITAR

MS OF LOMAX, LOOKS LIKE SHERIFF, SAYS "HE'LL TAKE THE RECORD TO BATON ROUGE TOMORROW," OUTTAKES, ACTOR WAITING FOR DIRECTION, REPEATS LINES OVER AND OVER, OFF CAMERA DIRECTOR INSTRUCTS LOMAX TO REPEAT THE FOLLOWING LINE "THANK YOU LEADBELLY.
YOU'RE A FINE SONGSTRESS AND YOUR SONGS ARE GOOD 'NEGRO' FOLKSONGS. I'VE RECORDED THEM ON THIS MACHINE." LOMAX REPEATS THE LINE BUT OMITS THE OFFENSIVE WORD.

LEADBELLY LISTENING IN THE DARK, WEARING PRISON STRIPES

LEADBELLY LISTENING TO DIRECTION, BEING FED LINES

CU OF BLACK MAN IN PRISON STRIPES WITH TERRIBLE TEETH, DARK PICTURE, SCRATCHES HIS HEAD, SMILES AND THEN LAUGHS, ACTORS, EXTRAS TAKING DIRECTIONS

PROFILE OF OLDER BLACK MAN (ACTOR) WEARING PRISON STRIPES

REAR MS OF BALD, BLACK MAN IN PRISON STRIPES

JAILER WITH HIS WARDS IN CELL, LEADBELLY WITH GUITAR, ACTORS WAITING FOR DIRECTION,

MS OF LEADBELLY WEARING PRISON STRIPES, HOLDING GUITAR, SERIOUS, SPEAKING LINES, ACTING

MS OF WHITE MAN (JOHN LOMAX) AT TYPEWRITER, CAMERA POV BEHIND LEADBELLY'S SHOULDER, ACTING OUT A SCENE, LEADBELLY WANTS A JOB, LEADBELLY GIVES THE WHITE MAN SOMETHING, WHITE MAN BOSS AGREES TO TAKE HIM ON, SUBSERVIENT BLACK MALE, "YOU BE MY BIG BOSS AND I'LL BE YOUR MAN", RACIAL RELATIONS IN THE DEEP SOUTH

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE ABOVE SCENE WITH CAMERA FACING LEADBELLY, WHITE MAN AT TYPEWRITER, KNOCK AT THE DOOR, LEADBELLY IN OVERALLS AND BANDANA, LEADBELLY HANDS OVER HIS KNIFE, SERVILE BLACK MALE, UNCLE TOM, RACE RELATIONS

DOORWAY, WHITE MOLDING AND WALL PAPERED WALLS, LEADBELLY WALKS UP TO DOOR AND PUTS GUITAR DOWN AND KNOCKS, HAT IN HAND, ENTERS ROOM

ANOTHER VERSION OF ABOVE SCENE, JOHN LOMAX TYPING

OLD FASHIONED CAR DRIVES UP TO ESSOLENE GAS STATION PUMPS. GROUND COVERED IN SNOW, 1920S OR 1930S CAR

MS OF LEADBELLY AND GAS STATION ATTENDANT, ESSOLENE GASOLINE, 1930S,

SIGNS FOR WILTON TOWN LINE, EXT. 1802

BLACK GUITARIST, LEADBELLY, SINGING, ATTRACTIVE BLACK WOMAN WITH WINEGLASS AND WHITE GLOVES SITS AND LISTENS

CU OF LEADBELLY'S FEET MOVING TO THE MUSIC, OLD RUG

RESPECTFUL BLACK MAN AND WOMAN HAVE A DRINK AND LISTEN, WOMAN SMILES AND SPEAKS, MOS

JOHN LOMAX AND BLACK MEN AND WOMEN SIT AND LISTEN TO LEADBELLY PLAYING GUITAR AND SINGING AND HUMMING

REPEAT OF ABOVE, LEADBELLY NODS AND STARTS PLAYING AND HUMMING AND SINGING GOODNIGHT IRENE

CU OF LEADBELLY'S WORN OUT GUITAR, STRUMMING, SINGING GOODNIGHT IRENE

MS, CU OF LEADBELLY IN SUIT AND BOW TIE STRUMMING, LOOKS UP AND HUMS GOODNIGHT IRENE

MS OF GIRL SMILING IN WICKER CHAIR

OLD HOUSE IN WINTER, STONE WALL, COUNTRY

MS OF SMILING WOMAN IN CHAIR, LAUGHING NERVOUS, OUTTAKE

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