Runtime: 31 minutes
Producers: Skip Gerson
Directors: Les Blank
Actors: Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins
Website: https://lesblank.com/films/the-blues-accordin-to-lightnin-hopkins-1968/
Legendary music film make Les Blank's best-known film is this beautiful 1968 classic! The great Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins is captured brilliantly in this deeply moving documentary. Blank reveals Lightnin’s inspiration, and features a generous helping of classic blues. The film includes performances at an outdoor barbeque and a black rodeo, and a visit to his boyhood town of Centerville, Texas.