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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.

Ray Lum
Himself

Square Harris
Himself

Ellwood Jenkins
Himself

Victor Bobb
Himself

Son of Torum

Evening

The Body of Emmett Till

The Grove, Texas

Auction Lot 288

Somewhere With No Bridges

Over Mountains, Over Valleys

Tale of the Tides

GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack

Venerdì Santo - Bronte

Vinšujem Vám Nový rok hojný

Aleph

Light Upon Light: A Documentary On Hijab

The Drunkmen’s Marseillaise

In These Pages

NFT The Burnt Auction

Hollywood's Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell - The Force Behind Star Wars

A bissele Glik

Shaping Bamboo

Swimming to Cambodia