Leadbelly (film) Leadbelly (film) Leadbelly is a 1976 film chronicling the life of folk singer Huddie William Ledbetter (better known as "Lead Belly"). The film was directed by Gordon Parks, and starred Roger E. Mosley in the title role. The film focuses on the troubles of Lead Belly's youth in the segregated South including his time in prison, and his efforts to use his music to gain release. Huddie Ledbetter leaves his father's house just barely into his twenties and arrives at a brothel on Fannin' Street ran by Miss Eula, who nicknames him Leadbelly and has him play at the bar.
When Marnie Was There (novel) Anna lives with her foster mother in London. Due to illness, she is sent away to Norfolk to recover, where she meets a strange girl called Marnie who lives in a house overlooking the local marshes. In 2014, Studio Ghibli released an animated adaption of the book, with the story set in Hokkaido. The anime was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki had previously recommended the book. The anime won the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, and an Oscar nomination in 2015. "When Marnie Was There" was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 1967. When Marnie Was There