Filmographer
and writer David Lubin will speak to Brownsville resident Saturday, February
21, about his adventures in Haywood County during the early 1960s. A brief
biography of Lubin and description of the trip is outlined below. Everyone is
invited to attend. The event will be held at Dunbar-Carver, 709 East Jefferson
St. Time to be announced.
David
Lubin Bio:
David
Lubin* Born 1934, Chicago, Illinois.
B.F.A,
University of Illinois,- Painting, Sculpture & Printmaking
Artist:
Various group exhibitions throughout the U.S.
Film
Art Director and Set Designer: Hoosiers, Bull Durham,
A
Midnight Clear, Scream #1 and others for 15 years.
Writer:
Plays, stories and a screenplay.
Currently
living in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
1962-
Lars Svanberg, a photographer from Sweden and I travelled to
Brownsville
to make a documentary film about African American migration from the rural
South to Chicago. We never completed the film due to a lack of financing, but
we did, by chance, meet Sleepy John Estes. When I returned to Chicago I
contacted Bob Koester of Delmark Records who immediately went back to
Brownsville and brought John back to record him. Subsequently, John began
performing in clubs, folk festivals and universities throughout the U.S. and
world.
Until last year, the photographs from that trip were lost. Searching the
Internet, I made contact with Lars Svanberg's daughter, Sanna, in Sweden (he
had passed away a few years ago) and learned she had all his negatives from
that trip. I eventually talked with John Ashworth and through his efforts, this
exhibition was made possible.
*On the
liner notes of the Sleepy John Estes C.D.'s, my name is listed as David
Blumenthal. I changed my last name back to Lubin in 1972.