Poster of The Sun's Gonna Shine

The Sun's Gonna Shine

Plot: 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
Release Date: Thursday, January 2 1969
55 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Lightnin' HopkinsLightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins was
56 in The Sun's Gonna Shine
as 'Himself'.
Fri, Mar 15 1912 –
Sat, Jan 30 1982

Crew

Portrait of Les BlankLes Blank
Les Blank was
33 in The Sun's Gonna Shine
as 'Director'
Wed, Nov 27 1935 –
Sun, Apr 07 2013