Okay, Mr. Ray!

Okay, Mr. Ray!

Released on
Documentary
Runtime
18 mins
(1 votes)

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.

Cast

  • Ray Lum
  • Square Harris
  • Ellwood Jenkins
  • Victor Bobb

Director

  • Ashley Melzer

Producers

  • Ashley Melzer
  • Bill Ferris

Screenwriter

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