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Lackawanna blues [digital videodisc] / HBO Films presents a Bellah Films/Good Shepherd production ; a film by George C. Wolfe ; screenplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson ; produced by Nellie Rachel Nugiel ; directed by George C. Wolfe.

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[New York, N.Y.] : HBO Video, [2005]

Santiago-Hudson, Ruben, 1956- -- Drama.

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1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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. Based on Ruben Santiago-Hudson's autobiographical play about his relationship with his guardian Rachel Crosby, set in 1950's and 1960's Lackawanna, New York. After the separation of his parents, young Ruben, a part-black, part-Hispanic child, is sent to live in a small-scale boarding house run by the kind-hearted "Nanny" Crosby and her younger husband Bill.

Emmy Awards, 2006: Outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie (Merkerson). Golden Globes, 2006: Best performance by an actress in a mini-Series or a motion picture made for television (Merkeson). Image Awards, 2006: Outstanding actor in a TV movie, mini-series or dramatic special (Howard) ; Outstanding actress in a TV movie, mini-series or dramatic special (Merkerson) ; Outstanding TV movie, mini-series or dramatic special.

MPAA rating: TV-14.

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