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Lackawanna Blues Director: George C. Wolfe Cast: S. Epatha Merkerson, Julie Benz, Robert A. Bradley, Thomas Jefferson Byrd

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  • DVD Release Date: 08/23/2005
  • Rating: Rated TV14
  • Sales Rank: 13,974

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Closed Caption; "Lackawanna Blues" Featurette; Deleted scene; Audio commentary with director George C. Wolfe and Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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Disc #1 -- Lackawanna Blues
1. Born at the Fish Fry [11:46]
2. Taking Care of Junior [9:03]
3. Mama Leaves [6:02]
4. 32 Wesson Avenue [9:01]
5. Put on Your Red Dress [16:00]
6. The Fishing Trip [8:52]
7. Social Work [4:53]
8. Nanny's Story [9:46]
9. Down the Road [9:15]
10. Credits [5:50]

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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 a rooming house run by Nanny Crosby (S. Epatha Merkerson), whose place was a hub for the local African-American community. When Ruben Junior's parents split up, he and his mother return to Lackawanna and Nanny's rooming house; with mother overworked physically and in sad shape emotionally, Nanny takes Ruben Junior under her wing, and offers him the sort of nurturing she gives all her boarders. Nanny's house is full of people struggling for a fresh start in life, ranging from former convicts to recovering drug addicts, and she opens both her doors and her heart to them as they strive to make themselves better people. Ruben Junior finds a loving home amidst the colorful eccentrics in Nanny's circle of friends, but as America changes over the course of the 1950s and '60s, so does the neighborhood where Nanny and her tenants live -- and not for the better. Produced for the premium cable network HBO, Lackawanna Blues features a stellar supporting cast, including Delroy Lindo, Louis Gossett Jr., Rosie Perez, Jimmy Smits, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, and Ernie Hudson. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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November 05, 2007: A movie you can sit down and enjoy with any group of people. Lets bring back the good times and fun nights. Lets bring back the firdays nights fish fry. The dressing up going to the night clubs, this is a movie to see!