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The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

1968· 0h 31m

DocumentaryMusic

Directed by Les Blank, Skip Gerson

7.9/ 10

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Where to watch

Criterion Channel

Criterion Channel

Overview

A musical portrait of Texas bluesman 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.

Cast

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins

Self

Billy Bizor

Self

Mance Lipscomb

Mance Lipscomb

Self

Ruth Ames

Self (as Ruth 'Blues' Ames)

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