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Original title

Leadbelly

Year

1976

Running time

126 min.

Country

United States

Director

Gordon Parks

Screenwriter

Ernest Kinoy

Cast

Music

Fred Karlin

Cinematography

Bruce Surtees

Producer

Brownstone Productions, David Paradine Productions, Paramount Pictures

Genre

Musical. Drama | Prison Drama. Music. 1920s. 1930s. 1940s. Biography. Blaxploitation

Synopsis

The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there. Written by Brian W Martz

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Leadbelly

1976

Gordon Parks