Lackawanna Blues (2005)
Lackawanna Blues is a 2005 drama movie directed by George C. Wolfe, with a running time of 1h 35m. It stars S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl Franklin and Yasiin Bey.
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.
Cast
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
- Marcus Carl Franklin as Ruben Santiago Jr.
- Yasiin Bey as The Bandleader
- Carmen Ejogo as Alean
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Ol'lem Taylor
- Macy Gray as Pauline
- Terrence Howard as Bill Crosby
- Ernie Hudson as Dick Barrymore
- Rosie Perez as Bertha
- Liev Schreiber as Ulysses Ford
- Jimmy Smits as Ruben Santiago Sr.
- Patricia Wettig as Laura's Mother