Lackawanna Blues

“Play it. Sing it. Shout it. Feel it.”

5.9

2005

1h 35m

DramaMusicTV Movie

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

Writers

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Cinematography

Ivan Strasburg

Music

Meshell Ndegeocello

Cast (59)

S. Epatha Merkerson

Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby

Marcus Carl Franklin

Ruben Santiago Jr.

Yasiin Bey

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Cast (59)

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