
Known for
6.7A musical portrait of Texas blues songster Mance Lipscomb.
A Well Spent Life
1971
8.0This short film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson features the charismatic legendary blues icon Lightnin' Hopkins sing a beautiful song about a stuttering boy who learns that he can communicate through singing. Also features Billy Bizor on harmonica.
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
1969
7.9A musical portrait of Texas bluesman 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968
5.7Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
1968
2.0In 1967 Les Blank and Skip Gerson were hired to work in Thailand on a documentary about the B52 Bomber and its use in bombing campaigns over Vietnam.
Thailand Moment
2015
Behind the camera
6.7A musical portrait of Texas blues songster Mance Lipscomb.
A Well Spent Life
1971
8.0This short film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson features the charismatic legendary blues icon Lightnin' Hopkins sing a beautiful song about a stuttering boy who learns that he can communicate through singing. Also features Billy Bizor on harmonica.
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
1969
7.9A musical portrait of Texas bluesman 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968
5.7Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
1968
2.0In 1967 Les Blank and Skip Gerson were hired to work in Thailand on a documentary about the B52 Bomber and its use in bombing campaigns over Vietnam.
Thailand Moment
2015
