Film

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

7.9196831mDocumentary Music

Director: Les Blank
Year: 1968

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.

Top cast

Lightnin' Hopkins

Self

Billy Bizor

Self

Mance Lipscomb

Self

Ruth Ames

Self (as Ruth 'Blues' Ames)

Directed by

Les Blank, Skip Gerson

Produced by

Les Blank