Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a slightly disturbing but at the same time fascinating film in which Jim White drives a big old car through the blistered heart of the deep south of the USA. In swamps and backwoods we meet the twisted and paralytic (on God and on dope), grizzled musicians wail and call the blues of the poor and the destitute. The armed biker, the prisoner, the trailer dwellers along the interstate, and many many God fearing salt of the earth types populate this film. Music and the old time religion of snake handlers and practitioners of glossolalia form the backdrop to a musical journey into a violent and intense but so very very alive landscape.


david johansen talks about harry smith and plays in a motel room






The Singing Hall Sisters performing "Knoxville Girl" in a diner in the the docudrama "Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus".