"The best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced." That's how Dr. John described James Booker, a pan-stylistic virtuoso and completely distinctive musician whose eccentric personality — as charming as it could be maddening — is a quintessential Crescent City story. In this documentary, which has earned rave reviews at film festivals across the South and is beginning to pop up at screenings from Brooklyn to San Francisco, filmmaker Lily Keber poignantly captures one of America's criminally unknown musical visionaries. On-camera anecdotes and analysis from Harry Connick, Jr., Dr. John, Allen Toussaint and Irma Thomas add dimension to this storied character — and the sorrow and joy and tragedy and wonder of this film is as remarkable as the mind-blowing performance footage. For info on purchasing or seeing the film, access bayoumaharajah.com.