In 1932 Mississippi, gifted sharecropper-bluesman Sammie Moore wants to make a life in the blues beyond his preacher father's rules, but the opening night of his cousins' juke joint becomes a siege by a vampire offering the community belonging at the price of its freedom.

1. Scene 1

   A match illuminates woodcuts of musicians summoning the dead, then a red-eyed figure appears at the window.

2. Just before
3. Scene 9

   Sammie finishes his cotton quota early and looks forward to playing blues that night.

4. Scene 10

   Sammie greets his mother Ruthie and discovers that his guitar and slide are missing.

5. Scene 11

   Sammie searches the family shack for the guitar he needs for the night's music.

6. Scene 12

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