Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
106 min
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.
- Release date
- September 8, 2022
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Terence Blanchard
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage)
- Nas as Self
- Wynton Marsalis as Self
- Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)
- Orson Welles as Self (archive footage)
- Archie Shepp as Self (voice) (archive sound)
- Count Basie as Self (voice) (archive sound)
- Steve Allen as Self (voice) (archive sound)
- Danny Baker as Self- Voice
- George Jones as Self (voice) (archive sound)
- Mike Douglas as Self (archive footage)
- James Baldwin as Self (archive footage)
- Jimi Hendrix as Self (archive footage)
- Dick Cavett as Self (archive footage)
- Ray Charles as Self (archive footage)
- James Brown as Self (archive footage)
- John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- Paul McCartney as Self (archive footage)
- George Harrison as Self (archive footage)
- Ringo Starr as Self (archive footage)
- Leonard Bernstein as Self (archive footage)
- Al Capone as Self (archive footage)
- Ed Sullivan as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
- Ernie Anderson as Self
- Lucille Armstrong as Self
Crew
- Louis Armstrong · Archive footage
- Steve Allen · Archive sound
- James Baldwin · Archive footage
- Amiri Baraka · Archive sound
- Danny Barker · Archive sound
- Count Basie · Archive sound
- Jon Batiste · Archive footage
- Leonard Bernstein · Archive footage
- Sacha Jenkins · Director
- Julie Anderson · Producer
- Sara Bernstein · Producer
- Sacha Jenkins · Producer
- Justin Wilkes · Producer
- Terence Blanchard · Composer
- Edward Lachman · Cinematographer
- Alma Herrera-Pazmiño · Editor
- Jason Pollard · Editor