Leadbelly (1976)
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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.
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Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
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Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.
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This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
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There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
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