Crossroads has developed out of the artist’s investigation into the mythology surrounding the legendary Robert Johnson, a bluesman with three gravestones, 29 recorded songs and only two known photographs. Crossroads retreads the well-trodden path of the white man looking for a genuine blues experience. It follows a man with a guitar, the Blues Legend, on his journey to the Crossroads to recover his lost soul. The figure roams the landscape looking for a genuine Blues experience, picking guitar on porches and walking dusty roads, to a haunting soundtrack of slide guitar music. Undermining this romantic vision is the appearance of an inverted Minstrel, an alter-ego who haunts the journey. The film is also a portrait of the Mississippi Delta, a place that is still deeply, but not officially, segregated. In this quest for the authentic, the search for the Blues becomes a wider search for self, one man’s search for reconciliation with a plundered culture.This film is Blandy's first work in high definition. It was commissioned by Spike Island, with assistance from Arts Counci England, Turner Contemporary and 176.