Documentary backdrop image for Cigarette Blues (1985)

Documentary backdrop image for Cigarette Blues (1985)

19855 minPGdoc-short

6.5/ 10(4 ratings)• TMDB

Public Health Emergencies Addiction

Cigarette Blues

19855 minPGdoc-short

6.5/ 10(4 ratings)• TMDB

Five minutes of music feature Oakland bluesman Sonny Rhodes, who compares the dangers of cigarette smoking to the risks of handling a loaded gun.

Public Health Emergencies Addiction

Genres

Synopsis

Five minutes of music feature Oakland bluesman Sonny Rhodes, who compares the dangers of cigarette smoking to the risks of handling a loaded gun.

People

Ryuta Sato

JUNON

LEO

RYUHEI

SHUNTO

Synopsis

Sonny Rhodes performs "Cigarette Blues" in Oakland, delivering a stark message about the dangers of smoking. The song compares the risks of cigarette use to handling a loaded gun. Through Rhodes' soulful rendition, the documentary addresses the health risks linked to tobacco addiction. Directed by Maureen Gosling in 1985, the five-minute film emphasizes the need for caution regarding smoking and its consequences.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

Pilot Marijuana Addiction Studies In Switzerland (2024)

Pilot Marijuana Addiction Studies In Switzerland

Switzerland examines not-for-profit cannabis sales and public health in pilot studies.

Pilot Marijuana Addiction Studies In Switzerland

America's Opioid Epidemic is a Public Health Emergency (2017)

America's Opioid Epidemic is a Public Health Emergency

Nearly three drug overdose deaths occur each week in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, as families grapple with the opioid crisis.

America's Opioid Epidemic is a Public Health Emergency

Five Years On - Sierra Leone (2007)

Five Years On - Sierra Leone

70% of Sierra Leone's population lives below the poverty line, despite receiving over $300 million in foreign aid in 2005.

Five Years On - Sierra Leone

The Kenyan Sex Trade Fuelling An Aids Epidemic (2014)

The Kenyan Sex Trade Fuelling An Aids Epidemic

42% of the local population around Lake Victoria is infected with AIDS, largely due to the practice of 'jaboya', where women trade sex for fish.

The Kenyan Sex Trade Fuelling An Aids Epidemic

India Inhales - India (2008)

India Inhales - India

4 million children under 15 are estimated to start smoking every day in India, contributing to a rising tobacco consumption despite health warnings.

India Inhales - India

Battling The Booze (2008)

Battling The Booze

Seventy thousand people are hospitalized each year in Australia due to alcohol abuse, which causes more damage than all illicit drugs combined.

Battling The Booze

The Babies Born To Crack Addict Mothers (2018)

The Babies Born To Crack Addict Mothers

According to American health authorities, 400,000 children a year are born to mothers who use crack or cocaine, facing lifelong damage from their mothers' addiction.

The Babies Born To Crack Addict Mothers

Puerto Rico's drug addicts: 'Nobody wants to know them' (2013)

Puerto Rico's drug addicts: 'Nobody wants to know them'

Puerto Rico's HIV/Aids crisis is exacerbated by overwhelmed health programs and drug use.

Puerto Rico's drug addicts: 'Nobody wants to know them'

Health Risks of Vaping: Lessons From the Battle With Big Tobacco (2020)

Health Risks of Vaping: Lessons From the Battle With Big Tobacco

5.4 million teens reported trying e-cigarettes in 2019, prompting a public health crisis and a debate over the safety of vaping compared to smoking.

Health Risks of Vaping: Lessons From the Battle With Big Tobacco

The Tobacco Industry's Exploitation Of African Children (2016)

The Tobacco Industry's Exploitation Of African Children

880,000 children are enslaved in the global tobacco industry, facing health risks while working in the fields of Malawi.

The Tobacco Industry's Exploitation Of African Children

400 a Week for Rent & Nothing Left: Surviving in Mount Druitt (2026)

400 a Week for Rent & Nothing Left: Surviving in Mount Druitt

Average rent in Mount Druitt is about $400 a week, leaving many families struggling to afford basic necessities like food and clothing.

400 a Week for Rent & Nothing Left: Surviving in Mount Druitt

Into the Mind (2013)

Into the Mind

2013•1h23m•★6.9TMDB

Athletes discuss the risks of extreme sports, with one skier contemplating a descent from a ridge while assessing unstable cornices and warm conditions.

Explore Cigarette Blues

People Topics FAQ

Browse more like this

400 a Week for Rent & Nothing Left: Surviving in Mount Druitt (2026)

400 a Week for Rent & Nothing Left: Surviving in Mount Druitt

Average rent in Mount Druitt is about $400 a week, leaving many families struggling to afford basic necessities like food and clothing.

400 a Week for Rent & Nothing Left: Surviving in Mount Druitt

No digital watch option in your country

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019)

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads

2019•48m•★6.8TMDB

Explore Robert Johnson's legacy and the myth of his devilish deal.

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022•1h44m•★6.5TMDB

Personal recordings and archival footage reveal Louis Armstrong's influence on jazz and civil rights during the Jim Crow era.

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Deep Blues (1992)

Deep Blues

1992•1h31m•★8.2TMDB

Filming took place in 1990 across various North Mississippi counties and Memphis, Tennessee, featuring performances by notable blues musicians.

The Cry of Jazz (1959)

The Cry of Jazz

1959•34m•★6.2TMDB

A compelling critique of jazz's evolution in a racially divided America.

The Cry of Jazz

Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson (1998)

Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson

1998•1h17m•★8.8TMDB

Rare photographs and interviews with artists such as Danny Glover and Keb' Mo' reveal Robert Johnson's significant impact on the blues genre.

Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson

Red, White and Blues (2003)

Red, White and Blues

2003•1h33m•★7.5TMDB

Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Tom Jones reflect on the British invasion of the 1960s and its influence on American blues music.

Red, White and Blues

Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues (2022)

Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues

2022•1h40m•★7.6TMDB

Twenty previously unreleased live performances from Eric Clapton's 1994 tour are featured in this documentary about his connection to blues music.

Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021•1h29m•★6.8TMDB

The 1980s crack epidemic led to widespread addiction and a national moral panic, significantly impacting urban communities across the United States.

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Elton John: Never Too Late (2024)

Elton John: Never Too Late

2024•1h42m•★6.5TMDB

Elton John reflects on his five-decade career and personal challenges while preparing for his final concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Elton John: Never Too Late

The Last Cigarette (1999)

The Last Cigarette

1999•1h22m•★4.3TMDB

Four major U.S. tobacco company CEOs testified in 1994 about the dangers of smoking and nicotine's addictive properties during a congressional hearing.

The Last Cigarette

Brownie Speaks (2014)

Brownie Speaks

2014•1h27m•★10.0TMDB

Clifford Brown, a talented jazz trumpeter from Wilmington, Delaware, influenced the music scene before his tragic death at 25 in a car accident.

The Blues (2003)

The Blues

2003•10h30m•★7.3TMDB

Seven episodes, each directed by a different filmmaker, detail the history and influence of blues music from its African roots to its global impact.

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →