20 December 1968 Factual, Music 31 mins
A musical portrait of Texas bluesman 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.
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Lightnin' Hopkins as Self
Billy Bizor as Self
Mance Lipscomb as Self
Ruth Ames as Self (as Ruth 'Blues' Ames)
The Blues According to Lighting Hopkins Trailer
United States 20 December 1968
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