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REEL SOUTH

Gip

Fans of the blues in Birmingham protest after an iconic juke joint is ordered to close.

Aired 02/12/2018 | Expired 07/01/2021

Gip

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REEL SOUTH

Gip

Season 3 Episode 1 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Fans of the blues in Birmingham protest after an iconic juke joint is ordered to close.

In 1952, gravedigger by day and bluesman by night Henry ‘Gip’ Gipson opened a ramshackle backyard juke joint in Alabama. Once scattered across the rural South, juke joints have become relics of the past. In the Spring of 2013, Gip’s Place, the last juke joint in Alabama, was raided and ordered to shut down. Gip follows the battle to keep the blues alive.

Aired 02/12/2018 | Expired 07/01/2021

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Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.

REEL SOUTH

Gip

Season 3 Episode 1 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

In 1952, gravedigger by day and bluesman by night Henry ‘Gip’ Gipson opened a ramshackle backyard juke joint in Alabama. Once scattered across the rural South, juke joints have become relics of the past. In the Spring of 2013, Gip’s Place, the last juke joint in Alabama, was raided and ordered to shut down. Gip follows the battle to keep the blues alive.

Aired 02/12/2018 | Expired 07/01/2021

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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