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Benjamin Smoke

What is the sound of the queer southern blues?

2000 1 hour 12 minutes
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Benjamin Smoke is the highly acclaimed documentary by directors Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen on legendary underground musician Benjamin Smoke. Benjamin Smoke follows the crooked path of this fringe-dweller, speed-freak, occasional drag-queen and all-around renegade living in the hidden Atlanta neighborhood called “Cabbagetown,” and playing with his band Smoke.

Released

13th September 2000

26 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 12 minutes

Finishes at 1:06am

Ratings and awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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    7.2/10

  • Rotten Tomatoes Logo

    70%

  • Metacritic Logo

    71%

  • TMDb Logo

    46%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    64%

Directed by

Jem Cohen, Peter Sillen

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