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Cast

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins

Self

Billy Bizor

Billy Bizor

Self

Mance Lipscomb

Mance Lipscomb

Self

Ruth Ames

Ruth Ames

Self (as Ruth 'Blues' Ames)

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Les Blank

Les Blank

Director

Skip Gerson

Skip Gerson

Director

Les Blank

Les Blank

Producer

Les Blank

Les Blank

Director of Photography

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The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

19687.8 / 1031 min
Documentary, Music

Overview

Les Blank's portrait of the great Texas bluesman, 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.