Roebuck 'Pops' Staples - Filmography

Biography

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha.

Filmography

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 2021

Wag the Dog 1997

True Stories 1986

The Last Waltz 1978

The Klansman 1974

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children 1970