Redemption Road

For the Tom Paxton album, see Redemption Road (album).

Redemption Road (also Black, White and Blues) is a 2010 American film directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Michael Clarke Duncan and Luke Perry.

Redemption Road
Directed by	Mario Van Peebles
Written by	Morgan Simpson George Richards
Story by	Morgan Simpson
Produced by	Jeff Balis Rhoades Rader Morgan Simpson
Starring	Michael Clarke Duncan Morgan Simpson Kiele Sanchez Taryn Manning Luke Perry Tom Skerritt
Cinematography	Matthew Irving
Edited by	Mark Conte
Music by	Tree Adams
Production companies	Liberty Road Entertainment Heavy Duty Entertainment MVP Films
Distributed by	Freestyle Releasing[1]
Release dates	April 17, 2010 (2010-04-17) (NaFF) August 26, 2011 (2011-08-26) (United States)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.3 million[2]
Box office	$29,384[2]

Premise

In Tennessee, Bailey, a debt-straddled blues guitarist, is escorted across the state by a man named Augy so that he can collect his inheritance from his recently deceased grandfather.

Cast

• Michael Clarke Duncan as Augy
• Morgan Simpson as Bailey
• Luke Perry as Boyd
• Tom Skerritt as Santa
• Taryn Manning as Jackie
• Kiele Sanchez as Hannah
• Melvin Van Peebles as Elmo
• Cassandra Lawson as Bailey’s Young Mother

Release

After it played at film festivals such as the Nashville Film Festival and Hollywood Film Festival in 2010, it received a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 26, 2011.^[3]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 57% based on reviews from 7 critics, with an average rating of 4.5/10.^[4] On Metacritic it has a score of 44 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[5]

Joe Leydon of Variety called it an "emotionally satisfying tale about a young man in need of a mentor and an older fellow in search of forgiveness."^[6] Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "battling-buddy road movie [that] carries viewers on an entertaining ride into blues country."^[7] Kimberley Jones of the Austin Chronicle rated it 1 out of 5 stars and called it a mawkish melodrama sunk by Simpson's poor acting.^[8]