Lackawanna Blues

Feb 12, 2005

1h 35m

★ 5.7

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

TV Movie

Production Companies

HBO Films

Good Shepherd Entertainment

Lackawanna Blues Trailers

Cast

Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby

S. Epatha Merkerson

Ruben Santiago Jr.

Marcus Carl Franklin

The Bandleader

Yasiin Bey

Alean

Carmen Ejogo

Ol'lem Taylor

Louis Gossett Jr.

Pauline

Macy Gray

Bill Crosby

Terrence Howard

Dick Barrymore

Ernie Hudson

Bertha

Rosie Perez

Ulysses Ford

Liev Schreiber

Ruben Santiago Sr.

Jimmy Smits

Laura's Mother

Patricia Wettig

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