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Okay, Mr. Ray!

"You're never broke long as you keep trading!"

10
en 18m
Documentary
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.

Editor

Bridgette Cyr

Director

Ashley Melzer

Producer

Ashley Melzer

Animation

Rodgers Dameron

Music

Jake Xerxes Fussell

Sound Recordist

Judy Peiser

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Status

Released

Budget

$35,000

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

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