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Ry Cooder: How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?

Directed by Fred Wainwright

Starring Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks

An introduction to the world of Ry Cooder and his debut album on Warner Bros. Records. Cooder talks about old movies, trailers and the lay of the land. And most of all about the inspiration from Blind Alfred Reed's song "How can a poor man stand such times and live?"