Lackawanna Blues
Lackawanna Blues
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- Season: 2004-2005
- Network: HBO
- Genre: Drama
- Category: Movies
- Subject Matter: Black Story, Family Drama, Period Piece
- Based On: Lackawanna Blues (Play) written by Ruben Stantiago-Hudson
- Misc.: Based On Book/Play
Plot Synopsis
Based on the play by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. In 1956 Lackawanna, NY Nanny Crosby runs a rooming house filled with black emigrants from the south, a group of colorful characters on the fringes of their own segregated society. She takes in a little boy and raises him as her own son. His life is changed both by Nanny's love and the stories of her boarder's damaged lives and haunted pasts.
Cast
Crew
- Shelby Stone - Executive Producer
- Halle Berry - Executive Producer
- Vincent Cirrincione - Executive Producer
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Executive Producer
- Nellie Nugiel - Producer
- George C. Wolfe - Director
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Writer
Production Company:
- HBO Films
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