Lackawanna Blues
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
George C. Wolfe
Robert Bradley
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Tracey Buckner
Ryan Michelle Bathe
Carmen Ejogo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Based on the Obie award winning play written by and starring Ruben Santiago-Hudson, a tale that recounts his childhood growing up in a boarding house in Lackawanna, New York that was run by an incredible woman.
Director
George C. Wolfe
Cast
Robert Bradley
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Tracey Buckner
Ryan Michelle Bathe
Carmen Ejogo
Aakomon Jones
Ryan Francois
Jeffrey Wright
Delroy Lindo
Barry Shabaka Henley
Charlayne Woodard
Rosie Perez
Julie Benz
Indira Taylor
Paula Brown
Kathleen Chalfant
Liev Schreiber
Ron Kellum
Autumn Perry
S. Epatha Merkerson
Macy Gray
Ernie Hudson
Greg Poland
Ken Roberson
Stevie Ray Anthony
Byanca Godwin
Saul Williams
Roxanne Mayweather
Lou Myers
Neisha Folkes
Julanne Chidi Hill
Eugene Lee
Hill Harper
Marcus Carl Franklin
Amad Jackson
Michelle Robinson
Robert Tyus
Yasiin Bey
Patricia Wettig
Arista Pemberton
Mohammad Parks
Jimmy Smits
Louis Gossett
Adina Porter
Omar Benjamin
Michael K. Williams
Lily Santiago
Michael S O'donnell
J.b. Williams
Carmen M Chavez
Henry Simmons
Terrence Howard
Trey Santiago
Ruben Santiago-hudson
Crew
Christopher Ahern
James C Alford
Tamara Allen
Rick Ash
Reginald Ashby
Rick Ayotte
Etta Baker
Etta Baker
Randall Balsmeyer
Adam Baral
Lloyd Barcroft
Aaron L Baszile
Ron Bedrosian
Halle Berry
Yasiin Bey
Lucas Bielan
Chris Blake
Robert Bradley
Michael W. Broomer
Coriedus Brown
Heath Brown
Scotty Brown
Michael Buha
Chris Burdett
Irene Cabrera
Anthony Cappello
Julio Carmona
Jose Carrillo
Allen Cato
Bobby Jo Cawley
James S Cawley
Robert Cawley
Keith Christiansen
Vincent Cirrincione
Patrick Clancey
Samuel M. Cobb
Jason Collins
C B Cooke
J. John Corbett
Kimberly Cousins
Kim Crabb
Robert E. Craft
Steve Cropper
Lewis Cundiff
Paul Curley
James D'amico
Yaniv Dabach
Alex Daniels
Howard Davidson
Ruth De Paz
Robert Deschane
Bruce Devandi
Warren Drummond
Willie Joe Duncan
Willie Joe Duncan
Jay Durrwachter
Chris Duskin
Ray Espinola
Richard A. F. Ewan
Ricky Fante
Drake Farrar
Paul Flinchbaugh
Jordan Ford
Ami Francis
Camille Frear
Jim Frear
Chris Fudurich
Mike Fujimoto
Jack L Galper
Kirk Gardner
Nerses Gezalyan
James Gierman
Rocco Gioffre
Rudolph Glass
Joel Goldes
Luis M. Gomez
Pablo Gonzalez
Robert Greene
Anthony Gregori
Peter Griffith
Robert Green Hall
Hope Hanafin
Glen Hanz
Amanda Harding
David A Harp
Wendell Harris
Julie Hartley
Michael Hertlein
Robert Higginbotham
Isaac Holt
Richard Hoover
Tess Inman
Mark Intravartolo
Breondra Irvin
Alan Jackson
J J Jackson
Jerome Louis Jackson
Elmore James
Sondra James
Adam Jenkins
Earl Joachim
John Jockinsen
Bobby Johanson
Kenneth L Johnson
Booker T. Jones
Floyd V Jones
Brad Kalinoski
Mary Kane
Brian A Kates
Fay Kelly
Hakim Kent
Tim Kimmel
Philip King
Kia Kiso
Evyen Klean
John V. Knowles
Amanda Koblin
Anthony E Kountz
Michael D Kuljis
John Labrucherie
Curtis Laseter
Julius Leflore
Jerry Leiber
Alan Lomax
John A. Lomax
John Long
Paul Longstaffe
Samual Maghett
Maria Mantia
Zane Mark
Zane Mark
Abe Martinez
Tony Mccovey
William Mcdevitt
David Menapace
Bob Minor
Mazi Mitchell
Fleecie Moore
Sam Moore
James Moriana
Ryan Murphy
Richard Nasworthy
Me'shell Ndegeocello
Jonard Nelson
Nino Neuboeck
Nefertite Nguyu
William Nobles
Nellie Nugiel
Nellie Nugiel
Wendy O'brien
Kevin O'connor
Sila ógrádaigh
John Papsidera
Houston Petty
Paul Picerni
Doc Pomus
Denise Pugh-ruiz
Brian Rae
Caroline Rankin
Alex Raspa
Barbara Ravis
Gary Raymond
Anna Liza Recto
Ray Reese
Christopher Regan
Renee Hall Orchestra
Meredith Rimmer
John Risso
Karen Roberts
Theresa Roehner
Drew Ann Rosenberg
Charles Gregory Ross
Ronald Russom
Alison Saar
Shane Saffery
Marin Sander-holzman
Marvin Laroy Sanders
Broderick Santiago
Ruben J Santiago
Ruben Santiago-hudson
Ruben Santiago-hudson
Ruben Santiago-hudson
Katie Saunders
Marshall E Schorn
David D Scott
Jimmy Scott
Traceigh Scottel
Zak Shaikh
Douglas Shamburger
Edna M Sheen
Bennet Silver
Ernest Simon
Joshua James Simon
Ryan Sirles
Erin K. Smith
Harlan Spatz
Karen Steward
Jeff Stewart
Mike Stoller
Shelby Stone
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2005 TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Mini-series and Specials by the Television Critics Association.
Nominated for the 2006 Producers Guild Award for Television (Long-Form) by the Producers Guild of America (PGA).
Nominated for the 2006 Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a Long Form (Adapted) (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) by the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Winner of the 2005 Humanitas Prize for the 90 Minute Category (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) from the Humanitas Prize.
Winner of two 2005 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (S. Epatha Merkerson) and Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (John Papsidera), from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Also nominated for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (George C. Wolfe).
Aired in United States February 12, 2005
Aired in United States February 14, 2006
Aired in United States January 2005
Carmen Ejogo replaced Halle Berry in the role of Alean.
Aired in USA on HBO network February 12, 2005.
Began shooting March 1, 2004 and completed shooting April 1, 2004.
