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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Join Lake County Community Radio for the only Lake County screening of the powerful film documentary, “Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland’s Music Legacy.”

The film will be shown only on Friday, July 13, at 5:30 p.m., in the Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum, 16435 Main St.

The film is based on evidence revealed in the book, “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Isabel Wilkerson.

The great migration of six million black Americans from the Jim Crow South to the urban centers of the West Coast, Midwest and East Coast oversaw disparate, yet similar musical trends that followed the inhabitants to their destinations.

This film traces the development of the West Coast Blues; specifically, the blues that evolved on postwar Seventh Street in Oakland.

The cast includes over 30 people including Bay Area musicians Alabama Mike, D’wayne Wiggins, The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Freddie Hughes, Fantastic Negrito, John Turk, Wylie Trass, Lenny Williams, Lady Bianca, Marvin Holmes, Ricky Vincent, Bob Geddins, Jr., Sugar Pie DeSanto and author Isabel Wilkerson.

The soundtrack includes music from Big Mama Thornton, Fantastic Negrito, Sugar Pie DeSanto, L.C. “Good Rockin’” Robinson, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Talbot & De Thangs, Omar Sharriff, Marvin Holmes, Sonny Rhodes and Jimmy Reed.

The film also sports stunning archival still and video footage from public and private sources.

Immediately following the screening will be a Q & A featuring the film’s Director, Cheryl Fabio, and writer, T. Watts. Refreshments will be served.

This event is a benefit for KPFZ, Lake County Community Radio. Tickets are $12.50 for KPFZ members and $15 for non-members. They can be purchased at Watershed Books, 305 N. Main Street in Lakeport, or the studios of KPFZ 149 N. Main Street in Lakeport.

For more information, call 707-365-5503 or 707-995-3565.