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A Well Spent Life

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1971 · 44m

Documentary, Music

Starring Mance Lipscomb

Watch On Criterion Channel

A Well Spent Life poster

Watch On Criterion Channel

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About

A musical portrait of Texas blues songster Mance Lipscomb.

Theatrical

Mar 11, 1971

Directors

Les Blank, Skip Gerson

Studio

Flower Films

Keywords

blues music traditional music rural life rural texas

Cast

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