Like Smoke, John Rubino”s low-budget film is also about a shop in the heart of Brooklyn where people of different races, ages, and classes come together–in this case, a liquor store that sells lottery tickets. Rubino not only wrote the screenplay but co-wrote 9 of the 12 songs in the movie with the legendary soul-gospel band, the Holmes Brothers, and cast Wendell Holmes, the group”s lead singer, as a major character. Those dozen tunes comprise the band”s fifth album, Lotto Land, its first collection of all-original material.

Additional Details

Label: Stony Plain

Genre: Blues

Run Time: 40 mins

Release Date: 02/27/96

UPC: 772532122320