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Life magazine photographer Gordon Parks directs this biopic about the troubled life of blues singer-guitarist Huddie Ledbetter — aka Leadbelly — who spent time behind bars on two separate murder charges and worked on chain gangs in the South.
Review by Jay D 's Watching ★★★½ 8. Directed by Gordon Parks ("Shaft", etc) and based on the life of the title singer, this is the sort of biopic that's right up my alley (there's a whole section on Leadbelly's relationship with Blind Lemon Jefferson that is kind of DELIGHTFUL) and it's kind of a head-scratcher to realize that this is ...
The life of famous blues singer Leadbelly from his 20s through his 40s is dramatized. The master guitarist had a turbulent life in the South. He was forced to work on chain gangs in the south and was put in prison several times, where he developed his style and wrote many of his songs. Songs that are performed in the film include "Rock Island ...
A biography of Huddie Ledbetter (Roger E. Mosley), this drama follows the life of the highly influential African-American blues singer and guitarist, who was better known as "Leadbelly." The ...
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Obsahy (1) Slavný americký folkový zpěvák a kytarista Huddie Ledbetter, známější pod jménem Leadbelly, zemřel v roce 1949 ve svých šedesáti letech. Režisér Gordon Parks jej připomíná prostřednictvím nádherných, něžných, snových obrázků ve svém elegickém filmu. Leadbellyho život byl těžký a poznamenaný násilím.
Lead Belly was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2008. Though many releases credit him as "Leadbelly", he wrote his name as "Lead Belly". This is the spelling on his tombstone [5] [6] and is used by the Lead Belly Foundation. [7]
Based on the true life story of legendary blues and folksinger Huddie Ledbetter. Master of the 12-string guitar and long-time convict on Texas and Louisiana ...
