"You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!"28 May 1976Drama126 mins
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.
Based on the true story of Canadian doctor Norman Bethune, this film traces his life from his beginnings with his deeply religious family in Ontario, through his medical studies in school, where he developed his overwhelming compassion for those less fortunate, and his driving desire to see that they get the medical attention they need.
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
A celebration of the Irish punk/poet Shane MacGowan, lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues, that combines unseen archive footage from the band and MacGowan’s family with original animations.
Clara Immerwahr and her husband to be Fritz Haber are both young and gifted chemists. Their struggle for acknowledgment in nationalistic Germany during World War I lead to the development and use of the first chemical weapons.
When the prospect of an Elwood City concert by the Backstreet Boys drives everyone else into a frenzy, a disgusted Francine decides to counter with an "anti-cute" band of her own called U Stink.
Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
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LEADBELLY (1976) Pardon Song for Governor Neff
Roger E. Mosley plays blues guitar legend Huddie Ledbetter Lead Belly. John Henry Faulk plays Governor Pat Neff of Texas. The Governor did pardon ...
Leadbelly - Trailer
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 ...
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Short Documentary on Leadbelly
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The only known film of Leadbelly
This 1945 clip of "Grey Goose" was directed Wah Ming Chang & cameraman Blanding Stone for a 16mm film called 'Leadbelly- Three Songs.' The 1945 songs ...
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