Lackawanna Blues (film)

Lackawanna Blues
Television release poster
Genre	Biographical drama
Based on	Lackawanna Blues by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Screenplay by	Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Directed by	George C. Wolfe
Starring	S. Epatha Merkerson Marcus Carl Franklin Mos Def Carmen Ejogo Louis Gossett Jr. Macy Gray Terrence Dashon Howard Delroy Lindo Rosie Perez Liev Schrieber Ruben Santiago-Hudson Jimmy Smits Jeffrey Wright
Music by	Meshell Ndegeocello
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Halle Berry Vincent Cirrincione Ruben Santiago-Hudson Shelby Stone
Producer	Nellie Rachel Nugiel
Cinematography	Ivan Strasburg
Editor	Brian A. Kates
Running time	95 minutes
Production companies	HBO Films Bellah Films Good Shepherd Entertainment
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	February 12, 2005 (2005-02-12)
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Lackawanna Blues is a 2005 American biographical drama television film directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. It aired on HBO on February 12, 2005. It is based on the play of the same name by Santiago-Hudson. Wolfe had commissioned the stage version.^[1]

For her work in the movie, S. Epatha Merkerson won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2006.