Lackawanna Blues

2005 6.2 (25 votes) 1h 35m

Genres

Drama Music TV Movie

Production Companies

HBO Films
Good Shepherd Entertainment

Play it. Sing it. Shout it. Feel it.

Overview

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.

Key Crew

Director: George C. Wolfe

Writer: Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Director of Photography: Ivan Strasburg

Top Cast

S. Epatha Merkerson

Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby

Marcus Carl Franklin

Ruben Santiago Jr.

Yasiin Bey

The Bandleader

Carmen Ejogo

Alean

Louis Gossett Jr.

Ol'lem Taylor

Macy Gray

Pauline

Terrence Howard

Bill Crosby

Ernie Hudson

Dick Barrymore

Videos

LACKAWANNA BLUES

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