Lackawanna Blues

  • Drama
  • Music
  • TV Movie
2/12/2005
95

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

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.

Director:
George C. Wolfe
Writer:
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
    • nostalgic
    • candid
    • thoughtful
    • somber
    • reflective
    • cautionary
    • inspirational
    • wistful
    • intimate
    • dramatic
    • reminiscent
    • intense
    • romantic
    • admiring
    • adoring
    • appreciative
    • celebratory
    • comforting
    • compassionate
    • enthusiastic
    • optimistic
    • sympathetic

    Videos

    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
    • Rosie Perez
      Bertha
    • Liev Schreiber
      Ulysses Ford
    • Jimmy Smits
      Ruben Santiago Sr.
    • Patricia Wettig
      Laura's Mother
    • Jeffrey Wright
      Mr. Paul
    • Adina Porter
      Ricky
    • Bill Simms Jr.
      Self
    • Ruben Santiago-Hudson
      Freddie Cobbs

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