Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street (2006)

Where The Only Color That Mattered Was Green

This 90 minute, 3-act documentary details the rise & fall of Maxwell Street, Chicago's great outdoor market, the birthplace of the electric blues and where "the only color that mattered was green".

Cast (4)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Joe Mantegna

Narrator

Bo Diddley

self

Buddy Guy

self

Studs Terkel

self

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