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The Sun's Gonna Shine

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A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1969-01-02

Runtime: 10 mins

Director: Les Blank

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary, Music

Original title: The Sun's Gonna Shine

Production Companies: Flower Films

Production Countries: United States of America

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