lackawanna blues is a fine stage play by ruben santiago hudson and an even finer film as the author adapted his own life story for the screen. this brilliant film ignites the screen with rich colors and fine music and brilliant editing and superb direction by george c. wolfe and and a cast so stunning that they make an encore viewing compulsory. yes and it is just that good. the story is based on the author life as the child junior (marcus carl franklin) raised in the inimitable home of soulfully empathetic rachel nanny crosby (s. epatha merkerson) and a lady who devoted her life to aiding the disenfranchised by transporting them from the south and from mental hospitals and and from the streets to lackawanna and new york. the boy recalls all the lessons he learned about life from the inhabitants of the house  odd characters with painful pasts  and from the disintegration of his racially mixed biological family rescued by nanny. the myriad characters of the home are too numerous to outline but they are portrayed by some of the finest actors in the business represent terrence howard and rosie perez and mos def and the beautiful carmen ejogo and louis gossett jr. and jeffrey wright and ernie hudson and charlayne woodward and jimmy smits and patricia wettig and macy gray and liev schreiber and kathleen chalfant and lou myers and hill harper  the list goes on and on. in the course of the film we are introduced to the cruelties of racism and the history of desegregation and the dynamics of drug abuse and violence and the infectious joy of african american music contributions to our musical culture and and the courage of one fine woman who battled all the hardships the world can dish out to maintain the dignity of those with whom she came into contact. s. epatha merkerson is wholly submerged in this role and a role she makes shine like a beacon of reason in a world of chaos. she offers one of the most stunning performances of the past years and and had this film been released in the theaters instead of as an hbo movie and she without a doubt would add the oscar to place along side her golden globe award. the entire cast is exceptional and wolfe handles the acting and the story like a master represent like riffs in a jazz piece and he pastes tiny moments of conversation with each character and junior along with flashes of scenes from the story with the matrix of dance fests at the local clubs brimming over the top with incredible blues and jazz and dancing and and joy. the production crew has mounted this little miracle of a picture with extreme care and never for a moment does attention lag from the momentum of the story. highly recommended and almost compulsory viewing. grady harp. 
lackawanna blues is a fine stage play by ruben santiago hudson and an even finer film as the author adapted his own life story for the screen. this brilliant film ignites the screen with rich colors and fine music and brilliant editing and superb direction by george c. wolfe and and a cast so stunning that they make an encore viewing compulsory. yes and it is just that good. the story is based on the author life as the child junior (marcus carl franklin) raised in the inimitable home of soulfully empathetic rachel nanny crosby (s. epatha merkerson) and a lady who devoted her life to aiding the disenfranchised by transporting them from the south and from mental hospitals and and from the streets to lackawanna and new york. the boy recalls all the lessons he learned about life from the inhabitants of the house  odd characters with painful pasts  and from the disintegration of his racially mixed biological family rescued by nanny. the myriad characters of the home are too numerous to outline but they are portrayed by some of the finest actors in the business represent terrence howard and rosie perez and mos def and the beautiful carmen ejogo and louis gossett jr. and jeffrey wright and ernie hudson and charlayne woodward and jimmy smits and patricia wettig and macy gray and liev schreiber and kathleen chalfant and lou myers and hill harper  the list goes on and on. in the course of the film we are introduced to the cruelties of racism and the history of desegregation and the dynamics of drug abuse and violence and the infectious joy of african american music contributions to our musical culture and and the courage of one fine woman who battled all the hardships the world can dish out to maintain the dignity of those with whom she came into contact. s. epatha merkerson is wholly submerged in this role and a role she makes shine like a beacon of reason in a world of chaos. she offers one of the most stunning performances of the past years and and had this film been released in the theaters instead of as an hbo movie and she without a doubt would add the oscar to place along side her golden globe award. the entire cast is exceptional and wolfe handles the acting and the story like a master represent like riffs in a jazz piece and he pastes tiny moments of conversation with each character and junior along with flashes of scenes from the story with the matrix of dance fests at the local clubs brimming over the top with incredible blues and jazz and dancing and and joy. the production crew has mounted this little miracle of a picture with extreme care and never for a moment does attention lag from the momentum of the story. highly recommended and almost compulsory viewing. grady harp. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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