
Lackawanna Blues
In the 1950s and 1960s, Ruben Santiago-Hudson Jr. lives in a lively boardinghouse in the blue-collar town of Lackawanna, New York, with his father after his parents separate. Run by the motherly Nanny Crosby and her taciturn husband, the boardinghouse residents, including The Bandleader, singer Pauline and cabaret owner Dick Barrymore, teach the young boy about life and art.
Cast

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

Jeffrey Wright
Mr. Paul

Adina Porter
Ricky
Bill Simms Jr.
Self

Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Freddie Cobbs / Screenplay / Executive Producer

Charlayne Woodard
Bill's Woman
Omar Benjamin
Ruben, Jr. (Toddler)

Julie Benz
Laura
Robert Bradley
Otis McClanahan


