# "Lackawanna Blues"?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 10, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424 "2006-12-10T13:13:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424/1 "2006-12-10T13:13:46Z")

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I saw it on [imdb.com](http://imdb.com);

Based on the true story of Ruben Santiago Jr. and his relationship with his guardian Rachel Crosby, set in 1950’s and 1960’s Lackawanna, New York. After the separation of his parents, young Ruben “Junior” Santiago, a part-black, part-Hispanic child, is sent to live in a small-scale boarding house run by the kind-hearted Rachel “Nanny” Crosby and her younger husband Bill. Ruben then grows up witnessing the world of soul and blues music and grows to know the various characters that Nanny takes into her household to help out, from disturbed Ol’lem Taylor; one-armed handyman Mr. Lucious; hairdresser Bertha; war veteran Lonnie; ex-convict Mr. Paul; butch cleaner Ricky and many others.

anyone know how to get a hold of this?

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**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424/2 "2006-12-10T13:15:11Z")

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**Author:** ![K.A.T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@K.A.T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K.A.T)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424/3 "2006-12-10T13:21:10Z")

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yea they where filming it here over the summmer i heard it on the EDGE

or maybe last summer or something, they where filming some movie here anyways…

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**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424/4 "2006-12-10T13:22:16Z")

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it was on HBO on demand for like 6 months

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**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424/5 "2006-12-10T13:25:07Z")

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> [@Freek](#):
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> it was on HBO on demand for like 6 months

:word: i see it on hbo a lot

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**Author:** ![Boarderx192](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424/6 "2006-12-10T13:57:08Z")

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Ya I saw it on TV last week on HBO HD.

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**Author:** ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424/7 "2006-12-10T16:02:13Z")

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This movie has been out for a while. It’s pretty good.

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**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lackawanna-blues/21424/8 "2006-12-10T16:09:26Z")

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I found out about it by checking Mos Def’s imdb page. i guess he was a bartender or something (i forget)

I’ll go to my parents and look for it On Demand after this week (crazy finals week)