Lackawanna Blues
Lackawanna Blues
Release: 2005-02-12
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 5.7
Drama
Music
TV 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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
HBO Films
Good Shepherd Entertainment
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Amad Jackson
as Alean's Boyfriend
S. Epatha Merkerson
as Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
Jeffrey Wright
as Mr. Paul
Delroy Lindo
as Mr. Lucious
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
as Numb Finger Pete
Lou Myers
as Ol' Po Carl
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Ol'lem Taylor
Jimmy Smits
as Ruben Santiago Sr.
Jana Thompson
as Hotel Receptionist in Toronto (uncredited)
Rosie Perez
as Bertha
Trey Santiago-Hudson
as Laura's Son
Josef Cannon
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Carmen Ejogo
as Alean
Liev Schreiber
as Ulysses Ford
Adina Porter
as Ricky
Marcus Carl Franklin
as Ruben Santiago Jr.
Ernie Hudson
as Dick Barrymore
Henry Simmons
as Jesse
Lily Santiago
as Laura's Daughter
Tracey Buckner
as Nanny's Birthday Party Guest
Kathleen Chalfant
as Mrs. Carmichael
Julie Benz
as Laura
Michael Kenneth Williams
as Jimmy
Hill Harper
as Ruben Jr. (Adult)
Blaise Brooks
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Terrence Howard
as Bill Crosby
Julanne Chidi Hill
as Jimmy Lee's Woman
Aakomon Jones
as Dancer at Maxie's
Patricia Wettig
as Laura's Mother
Ryan Michelle Bathe
as Nanny's Birthday Party Guest
Yasiin Bey
as The Bandleader
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
as Freddie Cobbs
Charlayne Woodard
as Bill's Woman
Macy Gray
as Pauline
Saul Williams
as Lonnie (War Veteran)
Barry Shabaka Henley
as Shakey Winfield
