Lackawanna Blues
Summary:
A young boy grows up among a makeshift family of oddballs and dreamers in this adaptation of Ruben Santiago-Hudson's acclaimed one-man show. Ruben Junior (Marcus Carl Franklin) is a young boy who was born in the late '40s into a family that started crumbling not long after he was born. Ruben Junior's parents were from Lackawanna, a city in Upstate New York, and were living in... Full Summary >>
Cast:
S. Epatha Merkerson - (Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby)
Julie Benz - (Laura)
Robert A. Bradley - (Otis McClanahan)
Thomas Jefferson Byrd - (Numb Finger Pete)
Kathleen Chalfant - (Mrs. Carmichael)
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Review:
Over the years, HBO has been the proud home to numerous films with powerful African-American storylines, which would have otherwise had difficulty reaching a wide audience. Lackawanna Blues, a film about a similar safe harbor for people, is one of the finest examples of that tradition. Ruben Santiago-Hudson adapts his own autobiographical one... Continue >>
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