Tonight at 7, the St. Louis Art Museum continues its salute to African-American photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks with "Leadbelly," the 1976 biopic about 12-string blues-guitar legend Huddie Ledbetter (Roger E. Mosley). Leadbelly went from prison in the segregated South to friendship in Greenwich Village with the likes of Woody Guthrie to a globally influential recording career. Admission is $5, $3 for museum members. www.slam.org. BY JOE...
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