Warming by the Devil's Fire - Martin Scorsese presents the Blues

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Charles Burnett explores his own past as a young boy who was shuttled back and forth between Los Angeles and Mississippi, torn between an uncle who loved the blues and a mother who believed that the blues was the devil's music. Burnett's film boldly mixes fictional storytelling with documentary footage of a host of blues legends in a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in 1955, dramatizing the tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.

Special Features:
- Bonus performance: Willie Dixon's classic rendition of 'nervous' from 1966
- On-camera interview with Charles Burnett
- Director commentary
- Director biography and filmography
- Special menu option to scan for all music performances
- The Blues trailer