Movie · 2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
104 min · Documentary, Music · Released
Composite
6.7
IMDb
7.4 / 10
997 votes
TMDB
6.7 / 10
31 votes
Local
— / 10
No votes
Synopsis
Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life from his perspective. From musical phenom to civil rights activist to world-renowned artist, this illuminating film shows sides of Armstrong few have seen.
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Cast
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Nas
Self
Wynton Marsalis
Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
Archie Shepp
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Count Basie
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Lucille Armstrong
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Dan Morganstern
Self
Steve Allen
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Edward R. Marrow
Self (archive footage)
Danny Baker
Self- Voice
George Jones
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Mike Douglas
Self (archive footage)
Jelly Roll Morton
Self (voice) (archive sound)
James Baldwin
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
Self (archive footage)
Tommy Rockwell
Self (archive footage)
Ray Charles
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Camera
- Edward Lachman Director of Photography
Directing
- Sacha Jenkins Director
Editing
- Alma Herrera Pazmino Editor
- Jason Pollard Editor
Production
- Justin Wilkes Producer
- Julie Anderson Producer
- David Blackman Executive Producer
- Ron Howard Executive Producer
- Sacha Jenkins Producer
- Sara Bernstein Producer
- Brian Grazer Executive Producer
- Michele Anthony Executive Producer
Sound
- Terence Blanchard Music
- Justin T. Feldman Music Supervisor
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