Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson (1976)
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.
Director: Tom Davenport
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Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson as Himself |
| Production | Tom Davenport | Producer |
| Production | Allen Tullos | Producer |
| Production | Daniel W. Patterson | Producer |
| Crew | Tom Davenport | Cinematography |
| Editing | Louise B. Steig | Editor |
| Directing | Tom Davenport | Director |