Okay, Mr. Ray! (2024)
Okay, Mr. Ray!
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.
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Ray Lum
as Himself
as Himself
Square Harris
as Himself
as Himself
Ellwood Jenkins
as Himself
as Himself
Victor Bobb
as Himself
as Himself
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Ashley Melzer
Director
Director
Ashley Melzer
Producer
Producer
Bridgette Cyr
Editor
Editor
Rodgers Dameron
Animation
Animation
Jake Xerxes Fussell
Music
Music
Judy Peiser
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Bill Ferris
Producer
Producer
Michael A. Betts
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Ashley Melzer
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
