Lackawanna Blues

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Lackawanna Blues is an American television movie that aired in 2005. It is based on the musical play that dramatized the real-life story of actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson set from 1950s–1960s in Lackawanna, New York.

[edit] Description of movie

This is the story of Ruben Santiago, Jr. growing up in Lackawanna, New York. He was raised by his father and mother and the neighborhood boarding house lady known as Rachel "Nanny" Crosby. He was born in 1956 to his Puerto Rican father Ruben Santiago and his African American mother Alean Hudson. His mother couldn't raise him in her type of lifestyle and disappears and reappears thorughout his life. His father stayed at Nanny's boarding house. This television movie tells his life was growing up there and of the diverse characters that he meets during his and their stays at the boarding house.

For her work in the movie, S. Epatha Merkerson won a Best Actress, Golden Globe, Screen Actor's Guild and Emmy Awards in 2006.

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[edit] External links

Lackawanna Blues at the Internet Movie Database

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