
Released
No one could spin a yarn to make a sale like Ray Lum. Twenty years after their initial meeting, Bill Ferris returned home to Mississippi in the early ‘70s with a camera. The result reveals a look back at the colorful rhythms of Ray’s life—at home, at the auction, joking with strangers outside country stores— and provides a glimpse at Southern manhood, friendship and loss. Now nearly Ray’s age when they first filmed, Ferris has become a Grammy Award winning documentarian and renowned folklorist. Using never before seen 16mm footage and new animations, OKAY, MR. RAY is a short documentary film about how even the tallest tales help us keep the memory alive of the ones we love.
Language
Budget$35,000
Revenue --
English
Budget$35,000
Revenue --
Keywords
auction
storytelling
mule
southern
folklore
trader
auctioneer
south
mississippi
Casts
Ray Lum
Himself
Square Harris
Himself
Ellwood Jenkins
Himself
Victor Bobb
Himself
Crews
Ashley Melzer
Director
Ashley Melzer
Producer
Bridgette Cyr
Editor
Rodgers Dameron
Animation
Jake Xerxes Fussell
Music
Judy Peiser
Sound Recordist

Bill Ferris
Producer
Michael A. Betts
Sound Mixer
Ashley Melzer
Sound Recordist