Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
Leadbelly
“You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!”
1976
2h 6m
Director: Gordon Parks
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
Overview
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.
Cast
20 people
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