Lackawanna Blues

Synopsis

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.

S. Epatha Merkerson

Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby

Marcus Carl Franklin

Ruben Santiago Jr.

Yasiin Bey

The Bandleader

Carmen Ejogo

Alean

Louis Gossett Jr.

Ol'lem Taylor

Macy Gray

Pauline

Terrence Howard

Bill Crosby

Ernie Hudson

Dick Barrymore

Rosie Perez

Bertha

Liev Schreiber

Ulysses Ford

Jimmy Smits

Ruben Santiago Sr.

Patricia Wettig

Laura's Mother