The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Leadbelly (1976)
If you loved Sinners, you'll dig Gordon Parks' atmospheric biopic of the legendary blues artist
A mere seven years after his 1969 directorial debut, The Learning Tree, made Parks the Jackie Robinson of studio filmmaking, his career ended with 1976’s Leadbelly, a biography of folk-blues legend Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter..
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