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Ethan Hawke’s Adventures in Moviegoing

The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins

31m

Directed by Les Blank • 1968 • United States

Les Blank creates a vivid portrait of bluesman Lightin’ Hopkins through a vital collection of musical performances and oral histories.

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