Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson
7.5
2 votes
January 1, 1976
29m
Overview
A portrait of Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson --black harmonica player, singer, and comedian who made his living "busking" on the street and performing in patent-medicine shows touring southern towns. Footage includes excerpts from one of his last medicine shows, videotaped at a county fair in 1972, and material filmed near his home in South Carolina in 1975. The performance includes harmonica solos, songs, a parody of a chanted sermon, folktales and reminiscences, and three buck dances.
Directed by
Where to watch
In United States
Not available to stream, rent, or buy in United States right now.
More like this
Bad 25
2012
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
2022
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon
2011
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021
Thriller 40
2023
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013
The Beach Boys
2024
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly
2019
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
1998
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder
2020
Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now
2023
Beware of Mr. Baker
2012
A Concerto Is a Conversation
2020